Midrash for Sanhedrin 54:15
אלא לא יומתו אבות על בנים בעדות בנים ובנים לא יומתו על אבות בעדות אבות
Hence, Fathers shall not beput to death on account of children, must mean, fathers shall not be putto death on the testimony of their sons and similarly, and sons shall notbe put to death on account of fathers, means, nor sons on the testimony oftheir fathers.
Sifrei Devarim
From (Devarim 24:16) "Fathers shall not be put to death by cause of sons, and sons shall not be put to death by cause of fathers," we learn that they (i.e., kin) do not testify against each other. We hereby infer (that to secure testimony against an inciter to idolatry) witnesses are sequestered against him.
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