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Recent Examples of technicality
The hearing did get into some discussion of the technicalities of improper payments.
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2025
Lee’s estate in 2023 lost an elder abuse lawsuit on a technicality against a former attorney, but Bolerjack’s documentary claims to explore other aspects of Lee’s exploitation.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Both Clark and Tisch, however, are in lockstep in their push to have the 2020 discovery laws tweaked, both saying that too many cases have been dismissed on technicalities, rather than prosecutors intentionally withholding evidence from defense lawyers.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
He was released in 2013 on a technicality by a Mexican judge and returned to trafficking before he was recaptured by Mexican authorities in 2022.
—Drazen Jorgic, Laura Gottesdiener, and Lizbeth Diaz, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2025
Lee’s estate in 2023 lost an elder abuse lawsuit on a technicality against a former attorney, but Bolerjack’s documentary claims to explore other aspects of Lee’s exploitation.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Both Clark and Tisch, however, are in lockstep in their push to have the 2020 discovery laws tweaked, both saying that too many cases have been dismissed on technicalities, rather than prosecutors intentionally withholding evidence from defense lawyers.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
He was released in 2013 on a technicality by a Mexican judge and returned to trafficking before he was recaptured by Mexican authorities in 2022.
—Drazen Jorgic, Laura Gottesdiener, and Lizbeth Diaz, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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