recantation
Example Sentences
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In later years Rushdie called this recantation the “biggest mistake of my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
“Eyewitness testimony is thrown into question with recantations, including a recantation of a recantation,” the prosecutor’s office said in the statement.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
The judge renders the expert’s recantation meaningless, so Charles McCrory, an innocent man, remains in prison.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2022
A transcript of Tyson’s other interview also did not contain the alleged recantation, officials said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
There is ample evidence that pressure has been brought to bear on Ralph Meyers since his trial testimony which could tend to discredit his recantation.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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