@wackoae
Reread what I've written. Turning over a key is NOT self incriminating. Turning over a statement/password "I am guilty" is.
Also, the defendant (in this case) has turned over the contents. Unfortunately for the prosecution, the contents have been encrypted. There is no (AFAIK) provision for the state of, or readability of said 'contents'. If the contents were written in a dead language, Latin, encrypted, or otherwise, the truest form of contents have been handed over. Inability of the prosecution to read or derive information from these contents is NOT the burden of the defendant.
As for "plenty of precendence...", why have you not included one reference? Being that this case is just breaking this ground, I am of the opinion that your statement is not fully based in fact.
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