false testimony
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The available sources corroborate the narrative that prosecutions were based on false testimony and that courts are rejecting these cases on evidentiary grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to this false testimony as the basis for overturning the conviction.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Exposure of MI5's false testimony will also damage its credibility in other court proceedings, where judges are obliged to give enormous weight and deference to the Security Service's evidence.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025
The prosecution presented false testimony, claiming, among other things, that Billie confessed while presenting no evidence of that confession.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024
We had evidence from a fourth doctor to whom Myers confided that he was being pressured to give false testimony against Walter McMillian.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
