Sentence examples for voluntary testimony from inspiring English sources

In preparing for the Sept. 11 case, he increased efforts to strike plea deals with detainees accused of lesser crimes in exchange for voluntary testimony against more significant suspects.

Since taking over as chief military prosecutor last fall, Mark S. Martins, a brigadier general in the Army, has sharply increased efforts to strike plea deals with low-level detainees in return for agreements to provide voluntary testimony against more significant terrorist suspects, adopting a familiar tactic in the traditional civilian criminal justice system.

Mr. Rove's lawyer also noted that the House committee was engaged in a similar conflict with Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, who has also declined to provide voluntary testimony about the dismissals of the federal prosecutors and has defied a subpoena.

He expressed repeatedly his desire to "tell his story," only to retreat on Feb. 3 from voluntary congressional testimony at the eleventh hour.

In recent weeks the prosecutors have made calls to more than a dozen present and former auction house employees, potential witnesses and lawyers say, asking them for voluntary interviews and testimony before a grand jury.

Overall, the levels of activity and achievement reported in the PACE study (PACE 2004) reinforce recent congressional testimony that voluntary measures alone are insufficient.

Many parents complained that their children had to miss school in order to testify even though all testimonies were voluntary.

A New Vrindaban member, Thomas Drescher, was convicted of murdering Mr. St. (Another member, Daniel Reid, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for testimony against Mr. Drescher).

There is a precedent for such presidential testimony in the voluntary appearance of President Gerald Ford before the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 to discuss his pardon of Richard Nixon.

The numbers, predictably, all seem to be a bit higher or more damning than those provided by the companies themselves in their voluntary reports and carefully practiced testimony.

Given that there is no DNA or forensic evidence of any kind linking Juárez to the crime, prosecutors argue in court papers, "The confession is key to the case; defendant cannot be convicted absent a finding that the statements to police and prosecutors were both voluntary and true, and Robles' testimony is highly relevant and material as well as critical or necessary to that issue".