recantation
Example Sentences
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She was unaware that Cox remained in prison until contacted by Times reporters, and said she thought that her recantation three decades ago would have helped him seek release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
“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 absolutely no evidence in the trial record or the recantation testimony that places Ralph Meyers somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time it was committed.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
