sentences:  The decision asserted that "“the option to lose their means of livelihood or pay the penalty of self-incrimination is the antithesis of free choice to speak or to remain silent.”"
  
  Therefore, because the employees’ statements were compelled, it was unconstitutional to use the statements in a prosecution.The convictions were overturned.The majority opinion, written by Douglas, found that the officers were compelled to testify against themselves under threat of removal from office.