How to Use self-incrimination in a Sentence

self-incrimination

noun

• The Supreme Court required it to protect the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• The assault was tweeted, posted, and streamed by the rioters, who engaged in self-incrimination with a wink and a boast.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 10 Oct. 2023
• The court found that he was denied protection against self-incrimination.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• Confronted with this challenge, the system went on a self-incrimination spree.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• Further, the state argued that the trial judge didn’t violate Gable’s due process because Crouse, out of earshot of the jury, had waived any right against self-incrimination and was available to testify.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
• There, the three men invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in declining to answer questions.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 25 May 2023
• The privilege, also present in other states, is intended to align with Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
  — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
• Without immunity, Gutierrez Reed may still be called to the stand, but would likely assert her right against self-incrimination in response to most questions.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 June 2024
• When the day of her court appearance arrived, Stiles again refused to testify, again asserting her right against self-incrimination.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2024
• White invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to testify at Michél’s trial.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• During his mother’s trial, Judge Matthews did not require him to do so because he was expected to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
  — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Chesebro also refused to answer House questions based on his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• With the possibility that his words may be used against him criminally in the Georgia case, Eastman will likely invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination in the bar trial.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• He has not been charged with a crime but has been unavailable to testify at the seditious conspiracy trial, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• The House managers, who are presenting the case against him, have argued that the state’s top lawyer must take the stand if subpoenaed but can refuse to answer questions by exercising his constitutional right against self-incrimination.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• In March, Politico reported that Mayes’ team subpoenaed fake electors themselves to face the grand jury, a very rare move that predictably led the potential targets to invoke their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
• In his first appearance, in August, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination 400 times.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Apr. 2023
• One concern over the criminal probe is that employees contacted by the Justice Department will hire lawyers and invoke their rights to avoid self-incrimination, slowing the work of safety regulators.
  — Danny Lee, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• Bowles responded by invoking his client’s right against self-incrimination.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
• Defendants have no constitutional right to a plea deal – in fact, plea deals require defendants to waive three key constitutional rights: the right to a jury trial, to confront witnesses and to avoid self-incrimination.
  — Cynthia Alkon, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2023
• In his initial deposition before the attorney general, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions for fear of self-incrimination more than 400 times, using it for every question.
  — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• At that earlier deposition, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Or consider the 80-year judicial consensus opposing incorporation of the privilege against self-incrimination against the states.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• Her attorneys have asserted her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, while prosecutors have sought to compel her testimony by granting her immunity.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 June 2024
• At a pretrial interview in May, Gutierrez asserted her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, prosecutors said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 July 2024
• Hasbrouck and Tinsley also refused to testify when subpoenaed, invoking their privilege against self-incrimination.
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
• The hearing featured footage of Clark meeting with committee investigators but repeatedly invoking his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and declining to answer questions.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• Schoen argued the trial judge was mistaken in preventing Bannon from presenting evidence about executive privilege and his lawyer's advice, in violation of constitutional protections against self-incrimination and for a fair trial.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024