We already know that corroboration was difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.
But if corroboration counts, then Harris, Byrnes and many other graduates of this male-dominated underworld have that much going for them.
But Mr. Elliott and Mr. Lonsdale, who handled reports going up the line for recognition, have previously said that a medal would be awarded only if there was corroboration from others and that they had thoroughly corroborated the accounts.
And a retracted confession in our jurisdiction can still be acted upon if you have corroboration.
Hitler promised her, she said, then, as if for solid corroboration, dropping the name of a famous architect: "And Albert Speer was present".
The judges said they asked Rodriguez for corroboration of his story and if there was anyone who could act as a witness to back him up, but his answers were inadequate.
If we need corroboration, where better to find it than in the words of Muhammad Ali, who teased and baited him mercilessly outside of the ropes but inside them was twice required to fight to his very limits and, when all the wounds, at least the superficial ones, were healed, declared, "Joe Frazier brought the best out of me".
The Cheney operation fed the New York Times Judithh Miller information about Iraq's WMD, she printed it as scoops, and then Cheney went on TV quoting information in the New York Times as if it were independent corroboration.
As you know, there are complicated rules on verification but in general and at the risk of oversimplification if we can get corroboration from a second source unrelated to the first, we consider the information verified.
"I think [it is] possible to find balance in providing justice to victims while also protecting the civil rights of the accused, particularly if there's evidence, corroboration, and claims can substantiated," Barbara Matthews, a New York based attorney, said.
