self-incrimination

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for self-incrimination
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Noun
  • Yoon reversed the declaration after lawmakers forced their way into parliament and voted unanimously to block it – beginning four months of political disarray, during which parliament also voted to impeach the prime minister and acting president.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Following Trump’s April 2 speech, McConnell kept his promise to Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and voted for his Senate resolution to repeal the emergency declaration that allowed Trump to place tariffs on Canada.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While fielding applause at her Symphony Center show on Friday, harpist Brandee Younger made a dazed confession.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • His confession leads to heartbreak, betrayal and other unexpected turmoil.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By Jenna Ryu April 2, 2025 Collage: Self; Source Images: Smash Kitchen, Mat Hayward/Getty Images Forget words of affirmation.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Apr. 2025
  • There’s also the apartment’s construction, to something of an affirmation of the value of art to individuals and communities.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But, characteristic of Schliemann’s assertions, there was little hard evidence to back up his sweeping claims.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • At the time, Democrat senators pushed back against the assertion.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And this insistence on listening has paid off: The Brazilian Central Bank, which regulates Nubank, recorded the lowest number of complaints for Nubank among the 15 largest financial institutions for the last two quarters of 2024.
    Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • When Bose arrived in Malaya in 1943 to rally supporters, his insistence that the nationalist movement needed female guerrillas was initially greeted with shock by many.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Updated on April 3 with SpaceX's confirmation that Booster 14 will launch on Starship Flight 9. Stephen Clark is a space reporter at Ars Technica, covering private space companies and the world’s space agencies.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
  • During his confirmation hearing last month, Oz vowed to empower patients to take charge of their health care and crack down on fraud, waste and abuse to safeguard federal health programs.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • The competitive college admissions process continues.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Tickets are also available in various multi-day configurations that include admission to Universal Orlando’s other parks.
    Adrian Ruhi, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025

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