Sentence examples for bogus testimony from inspiring English sources
Other common problems are incompetent court-appointed defence lawyers, fraudulent scientific evidence and bogus testimony from jail "snitches" who have been bribed.One answer is the proposed Innocence Protection Act.
The best example is shoddy policing that leads to wrongful convictions, such as using suggestive eyewitness tactics, false or coerced confessions, faulty forensic evidence or bogus informant testimony.
Perez declared that bogus arrests, perjured testimony, and the planting of "drop guns" on unarmed civilians were commonplace.
In the byzantine appeals process of death-penalty cases, which frequently takes more than ten years, the writ is the most critical stage: a prisoner can introduce new evidence detailing such things as perjured testimony, unreliable medical experts, and bogus scientific findings.
And let's not leave out how defense witnesses are constantly threatened with bogus charges if they don't recant testimony that is favorable to the defense.
Yarrington's Houston-based attorney, Joel Androphy, said in a news conference this week in Mexico City that the allegations against Yarrington were bogus and based on "false witnesses and testimony" by people attempting to make deals with the prosecution.
Thousands of prisoners are serving time based on this bogus science, which often props up wobbly eyewitness testimony or dubious tales peddled by jailhouse snitches.
According to testimony and documents presented at trial, Petters Company Inc. used fake purchase orders and bogus bank records to persuade investors to finance what they were told would be purchases of electronics like big-screen televisions that the company would resell to discount retailers like Sam's Club and Costco.
