self-incrimination

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Recent Examples of self-incrimination The Fifth Amendment guarantees the right of all individuals against self-incrimination. Rose Cuison-Villazor, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025 Patel was subpoenaed to provide testimony in the special counsel investigation into Trump and was granted immunity after pleading his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to many of the questions. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025 Richards suggested that Halloran may decline to testify in Ward’s case by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 During his testimony, Seeger bravely refused to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-incrimination
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Noun
  • Only a few states have addressed the issue of whether or not to maintain a pregnant patient on supportive measures following a declaration of death.
    Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • When disaster declarations were issued for nine states in late May, some had been pending for two months and others were only partially approved.
    Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The ones who lather themselves up over causes (see Selena Gomez’s tearful direct-to-camera confession about Trump’s deportation policies, which went viral earlier this year) to signal their virtues, and often emptily or at least confused.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 June 2025
  • Bigg’s candid confession shared how deep his addiction had taken hold.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Reliving the gut-wrenching final battle between Toothless and the giant Alpha queen dragon also hits home the importance of a simple apology as well as words of affirmation, from Stoic the Vast, specifically, who previously had not really respected his son’s way of thinking.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 June 2025
  • Wilson saw that video on the way to the bus, and simply nodded in affirmation.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Of greatest concern was their assertion that Volvo Trucks will not be producing autonomy-ready trucks starting in 2027 as has been stated by both companies.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The memorandum also points out that hearsay—meaning a statement made out-of-court used to prove the truth of an assertion—may be considered in opposing a motion for summary judgment.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • This was despite the insistence of Mayor Bass and the LAPD chief that the police wouldn’t be getting involved.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 June 2025
  • The Stars insistence on falling behind was going to get them.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
  • When The Athletic asked for confirmation, the customer service representative stated that this was an original without any restorations.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • That guilt can deepen the cycle, turning what started as self-care into self-reproach.
    Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025
  • Orsolya is apparently wracked with feelings of complicity, though the film, which is made up mainly of extended shots of her conversations with other people, questions the sincerity of her self-reproach against a backdrop of ethnic tension and neoliberal sprawl in Romania.
    Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For Minogue, the admission to the club follows on from her four recent performances at the venue as part of her global Tension Tour – bringing her final tally to 24.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 9 June 2025
  • While families with financial and social capital can navigate elite admissions and cover soaring costs, others are shut out.
    Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

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