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Recent Examples of self-incrimination
The right to remain silent has its origins in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects against self-incrimination.
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 Nov. 2024
During the investigation into Trump’s classified documents, Patel refused to testify against Trump before a federal grand jury, asserting his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 1 Dec. 2024
The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination.
—Brian Walker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Several courts have ruled that, even in instances where police have a warrant to search someone’s phone, the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination means investigators can’t compel a suspect to tell them their phone password.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 Nov. 2024
During the investigation into Trump’s classified documents, Patel refused to testify against Trump before a federal grand jury, asserting his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 1 Dec. 2024
The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination.
—Brian Walker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Several courts have ruled that, even in instances where police have a warrant to search someone’s phone, the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination means investigators can’t compel a suspect to tell them their phone password.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-incrimination
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In 2021, Abbott’s disaster declaration automatically suspended laws governing how the state spent money on Operation Lone Star.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision canceling his arrest.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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The podcast’s protagonists dare to courageously speak out what troubles them, making confessions and opening a door to take a glimpse into their world.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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But Emily is arrested after Stephanie secretly records Emily’s confession for a livestream.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the board’s own equity policy, the resolution cited the Supreme Court of the United States and Maryland Superintendent Carey Wright’s previous affirmations of all students’ entitlement to a public K-12 education regardless of immigration status.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2025
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Many Indian Americans cast our community’s collective success as affirmation of American meritocracy.—
Sanjena Sathian,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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Yates doubled down on this assertion to The Charlotte Observer on Thursday, about 24 hours after NASCAR filed a counterclaim to the lawsuit involving the sanctioning body and 23XI and FRM.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s address featured a slew of false claims, such as the assertion that U.S. citizens that are hundreds of years old are receiving Social Security checks.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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What is new is the brief’s insistence on recharacterizing the supply points as investors.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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This week, on Thursday, March 13, his friend, Dr. David Weldon, will face a confirmation hearing in the Senate to lead the CDC.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has not yet set a date for a confirmation hearing.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Apr. 2024
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The entrepreneurial approach—tackling challenges, learning from mistakes, and taking action—prepares young people for success in college admissions and far beyond their first business.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: The Trump administration's targeting DEI practices comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 overturned affirmative action in college admissions.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Self-incrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-incrimination. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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