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To charge with a crime; to expose to an accusation or a charge of crime; to involve oneself or another in a criminal prosecution or the danger thereof; as in the rule that a witness is not bound to give testimony that would tend to incriminate him or her. incriminate v. to make a statement in which one admits that he/she has committed a crime or gives information that another named person has committed a crime. Under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, a person cannot be forced to give any information which would tend to incriminate himself/herself. Thus, he/she can refuse to answer any question which he/she feels might be a self-accusation or lead to information which would be so. |
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William Vicary's revelation during the penalty phase for Erik and Lyle Menendez that Abramson ordered the defense psychiatrist to alter his notes, which may have included incriminatory evidence. Based on the criminal jury's short deliberation, it is apparent that the jurors did not take the overwhelming incriminatory evidence into consideration and had their minds made up from the start. |
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