Sentence examples for significant testimony from inspiring English sources

The victim's accusation also carries little weight; the only significant testimony she can give is an admission of guilt.

But the world will never accept the Guantánamo verdicts if significant testimony is closed for fear of embarrassment over detainee mistreatment.

It did not mention that the New York State commissioner of mental health as well as the Manhattan district attorney opposed conditional release of the killer, and that significant testimony was offered by two psychiatrists who supported the retention of his in-patient status.

No member of South Carolina's legislative black caucus supported its photo-ID law, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that the state "ignored significant testimony from opponents of the bill regarding its racial impact…[and] may have enacted the requirement with the intent to discriminate against minorities".Whatever their intent, these laws impose significant costs on states.

As emotional and wrenching as the accounts were from the eight victims who testified, Harper said the grimmest and most significant testimony came from Mike McQueary, then a graduate assistant, who said he interrupted a sexual assault by his former coach against a young boy in the showers at the university's football center.

The sentencing phase of the trial, which could feature significant testimony from both government and defense witnesses on the impact of Manning's leaks, will begin Wednesday morning.

As such, some leftwing historians have seen them as significant testimonies," Taylor says.

Montefiore, a skilled journalist, has elicited significant testimonies from many residents of Rostov-on-Don, Georgia and Abkhazia.

Makriyannis, having been ignored by history, and hardly mentioned by chroniclers of the War of Independence, had renewed interest in the revolution by offering a significant personal testimony to historical research.

But what was significant about his testimony in particular was his notion that the reason they didn't pay attention after September 11th was the focus on Iraq.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, in a move that could open up more transcripts of historically significant grand jury testimony from many years ago, is proposing to change a rule that imposes strict and permanent secrecy requirements on such records.