[quote=@Dedonus]
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The accused has the right to face those who accused them.  The problem is that some of the heroes would not want to be cross examined by the defense.  They would have to be present in their civilian identities and the defense could easily out them for being metahumans.  And even if onky Kelly testifies because her metahuman status is public knowledge (because of a youtube video from earlier in this game), the defense could still ask her.   And if they plead the 5th, then I think the jury has to ignore their entire testimony.  I could be wrong on that last part, so don't take my word for it.
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You don't ignore when someone pleads the 5th.  Obviously its borderline prejudicial to the jury in terms of how they view it... but it shouldn't be technically.  The 5th is just there so people can testify without incriminating themselves.  From a logical perspective it doesn't taint testimony... from an emotional sense it absolutely does.  And it's a legal trick for lawyers (on either side of the bench if it suits their case) to prod witnesses into taking the 5th (if possible repeatedly to belabour the point) in order to knock 'em out the box.

...I like my legal fiction (traces of which will likely come up in future seasons).