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Actually, now that I think about it, your proposal makes even less sense. You are basically saying that the prosecution can ask "Did you do the crime?" and the defendant is required to say "yes" if they did it. In other words, you are fine with compelling people to confess. Don't know how you can support that and somehow claim to be a libertarian!
Huh? The courts already compel all other witnesses to testify and tell the truth by taking an oath. So what exactly is the outrage for here? That someone is...gulp...forced to take the stand in a trial? The defendant will almost always say no, acknowledged. It's about whether or not the jury believes the person, and it isn't just about the "did you do it?" It's about accounting for alibies, contradictions, statements, etc.
Your libertarian line is truly one of the most non-sequiturs I've read on this board.