transactional immunity
- A protection given to a witness, preventing them from being held legally responsible for any crime associated with the testimony they are coerced to give
- The individual agreed to testify after being offered transactional immunity for his part in the crime.
- Transactional immunity often encourages witnesses to provide information that they might otherwise withhold out of fear of prosecution.
- The prosecutor can use transactional immunity as a tool to compel a hesitant witness to speak.
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