"Turn king's evidence" nghĩa là gì?

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"Turn king's evidence" = Lật bằng chứng của vua -> Đưa ra bằng chứng trước tòa để tố cáo những kẻ đồng lõa để được giảm nhẹ hình phạt.

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NOW to the trial: Hare decided to turn King’s Evidence, which also meant his wife could not be prosecuted (không thể bị truy tố), while Burke and M’Dougal stood trial for three murders (kẻ giết người).

Meanwhile, from documents found in the consul’s safe, the police found evidence against Dr Nicolò Delia, Michele Casaletto and Giuseppe Flores. During the interrogation, Casaletto decided to turn King’s Evidence, and on May 15, 1936, Delia and Flores were arraigned (buộc tội) in court charged with espionage (hoạt động gián điệp).

A few days before Norman left for Canada on his enforced holiday, Churchill, who had lost most of his savings in the Wall Street crash two years earlier, wrote from Biarritz to his friend and former secretary (thư ký cũ) Eddie Marsh, "Everyone I meet seems vaguely (ngơ ngơ, lơ đãng) alarmed that something terrible is going to happen financially. . . . I hope we shall hang Montagu Norman if it does. I will certainly turn King's evidence against him."

Bin Kuan

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