Midrash for Sanhedrin 54:3
אמר ליה רב פפי הני מילי היכא דלא סתם לן תנא כרבי מאיר הכא סתם לן תנא כרבי מאיר
FATHER'S BROTHER, MOTHER'SBROTHER, SISTER'S HUSBAND, THE HUSBAND OF ONE'S PATERNAL OR MATERNAL AUNT,A STEP-FATHER, FATHER-IN-LAW, AND BROTHER-IN-LAW [ON THE SIDE OF ONE'S WIFE];ALL THESE WITH THEIR SONS AND SONS-IN-LAW; AND ONE'S STEPSONHIMSELF.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he alone, and not his children etc. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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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