Word: recant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their new lead is potentially important, it's also a decidedly mixed blessing. In order to present a jury with a revised version of Kaelin's story, they would have to refute his earlier one, in the process casting doubt on his reliability as a witness. If they recant their earlier testimony, Kaelin and Ferrara could open themselves to perjury charges, though prosecutors would presumably decline to press those in return for the pair's cooperation. William Genego, Kaelin's attorney, denies his client lied on the stand. "I am completely confident that any investigation will show that Kato told...
Farrakhan is foul, but he is useful insofar as he casts light upon the larger confusion. For this reason, he should not be pressured, nor should any black leader be pressured, to recant anything. This lets him, and the present state of race relations in this country, off the hook. It is an invitation to euphemism, as Farrakhan cheerfully showed. We all should know what each of us thinks, and draw our conclusions. The advertisement in which the Anti- Defamation League reprinted Kallid Abdul Muhammad's little catalog of hatreds was brilliant for its restraint. It was an exercise...
...kids recant when they disclose something," she said. "Rarely does a sexual assault case have a witness...
...question so vital settled so decisively. The gulf debate is the closest politics gets to a controlled experiment. Hypotheses were advanced, and 43 days later the results were in. In the scientific world, one side admits error at this point. Those who believe in Lamarck or cold fusion either recant or retire...