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Informer's Privilege

Description:

Informer's Privilege refers to the legal right that protects a person's duty to maintain the confidentiality of the identity of an informant or the information provided by them. This privilege allows individuals, such as journalists or confidential informants, to withhold revealing the source of sensitive and classified information.

Sample sentences:

• The journalist invoked the informer's privilege, refusing to disclose the identity of their source to the court.
• The informer's privilege enables individuals to provide valuable information to law enforcement without fearing retribution.
• Defendants often attempt to challenge informer's privilege to uncover the identity of the confidential informant who provided crucial evidence.

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