Sentences with phrase «testimony against criminals»
The program was created to protect witnesses who are in danger as a result of the testimony against criminals.
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Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»
The verdict follows ten days of deliberations and roughly six weeks of courtroom testimony about the more than two hundred criminal charges against him.
In a statement, the DORH said: «State Attorney's Office in Osijek opened the investigation against Croatian citizen (1985) due to the existence of reasonable doubt that when giving testimony before the County Court in Osijek committed a crime against justice by giving false testimony under Article 305, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code / 11.
«Because I ordered him to testify, his testimony can not be used against him in any criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order to testify,» Azrack said.
Investigators provide oral and / or written testimony in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings against persons accused of fraudulently receiving public assistance benefits.
As The Times explains, Paterno was not subject to cross-examination in the grand jury proceeding, and using that testimony would therefore violate the Sixth Amendment, which ensures a criminal defendant's right «to be confronted with the witnesses against him.»
Family members must often deal with investigations, criminal prosecutions of the wrongdoers, and giving testimony in the penalty phase of criminal prosecution against the person responsible for the death of their loved one.
Another useful tool in civil cases is that the 5th Amendment privilege against self - incrimination does not apply, so if the defendant refused to testify (perhaps claiming the 5th Amendment for fear of criminal consequences of truthful testimony) that refusal to testify can be used to infer that his testimony would have hurt him and to find civil liability.
Many include (and are contingent upon) testimony against others, such as codefendants or other criminals that the defendant my have knowledge of, and whose testimony can help convict.