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Example sentences for: defendant

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The defendant, held responsible for the killing or 2,000 people and for dozens of rapes, is a former Rwandan mayor, who now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
It's much more likely that an fMRI of a willing defendant would be introduced to convince the jury he is telling the truth, or performed before trial to rule out an innocent suspect.
The argument isn't coming from prosecutors, but from a defendant who claims a polygraph result would have cleared him and hence the current prohibition violates his right to present favorable evidence.
Perhaps the least likely use of fMRI is in determining if a defendant is telling the truth, according to Hank Greely, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, since compelling someone on trial to submit to an fMRI could be seen as a violation of the Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination, just as giving spoken testimony against oneself is.
The defendant was not ready and willing to commit this type of crime before being induced to do so .