LINCOLN AND ASSISTED SUICIDE

By |January 11th, 2013|Exaggerating Witness, Impeachment, Lincoln|2 Comments

Cross of the Exaggerating Witness There’s an old saying that cross-examination is more often suicidal than homicidal. It is meant as a caution to lawyers to be sure that they don’t impale themselves on their own sword, but it applies equally to a witness. When a witness overstates, embellishes, or otherwise plays fast and loose [...]