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Witness Impeachment Lessons – Commit, Credit and Confront – Not Just In The Courtroom

Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

If evidence later contradicted their testimony, theyd be caught in a direct inconsistency. Building the Credit: The Foundation for Impeachment Kelly then reinforced the credibility of the sources that would later be used to challenge the witnesses. Of course, at this point in Sen.

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BLINDERED BY THE LIE

Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

They came to mind, sadly, when reviewing a defense lawyer’s attempt to impeach a cooperating witness. Decades ago I witnessed this malady in a more general form, a lawyer impeaching a witness only to make the case worse for the accused. Was the witness impeached with an inconsistency?