Sentence examples for fearful to testify from inspiring English sources
At a forum on domestic violence at York College in 2005, Mr. Brown said, "We have become leaders in successfully prosecuting domestic violence cases without the cooperation of the victim, who is so often reluctant — or fearful — to testify against her batterer".
The FBI confirmed to The Huffington Post that Bender's pimp had been imprisoned for tax-related charges, but couldn't be put away for trafficking crimes because his victims were too fearful to testify against him.
He had been declared guilty in parliament and in the press; his friends had been too fearful of scandal to testify in his favour and, incredibly, the chief justice (Lord Parker) and the next chief justice (Lord Widgery), had sent a deliberately misleading message to the Old Bailey jury about the credibility of Christine Keeler, the other woman involved in the Profumo affair.
Although there was no evidence connecting the youth to the women, the nine youths were charged with raping the Two women, fearful of being prosecuted for their sexual activity aboard the train, agreed to testify that nine black youths had raped them.women.women
Witnesses who will be asked to testify may be at risk, and some may be too fearful to cooperate.
His friend Kevin Myers, who was outside the body shop when the shooting occurred, was prepared to testify in court that the auto mechanic had had no reason to be fearful during either of his two confrontations with Ford, even though Dunmore Ford herself had been "disrespected" by the mechanic when she and Ford's girlfriend came by to check on the car.
The neighbor refused to testify.
Meanwhile, Trusdale continued to testify.
"She's scared to testify.
Mr. Kidd was not called to testify.
