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Your "I hope" sections are exactly how it happens. The amount of preparation that goes into a trial like this is ridiculous, and the cross-examiner will have a
by JFPetersen 15y ago
Your "I hope" sections are exactly how it happens. The amount of preparation that goes into a trial like this is ridiculous, and the cross-examiner will have a host of questions that the expert witness cannot answer with any certainty.
- khafra 15y agoIn less media-saturated trials which have the same stakes for the participants, expert witnesses can say whatever they're paid to say. They're rarely challenged seriously on their testimony, or even their credentials. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/23/ukcrime.law http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/23/ukcrime.law http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Cases_Where_DNA_Revealed_that_Bite_Mark_Analysis_Led_to_Wrongful_Arrests_and_Convictions.php http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Cases_Where_DNA_Reve... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/us/12experts.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/us/12experts.html?_r=1&...