e/Statement against penal interest

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has gloss	eng: In United States law, a statement against penal interest is a statement that puts the person making the statement at risk of prosecution. It is the criminal equivalent of a statement against interest, a statement a person would not normally make, which would put them in a disadvantaged position to that they would have had if they had not made the statement in the first place.
lexicalization	eng: Statement against penal interest
instance of	c/Statements (law)