Question

‘‘You are not at all a reliable prosecution witness my child”–Illustrate the signifi- cance of the statement in the context of the story.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Trials are not about truth, they care about the evidence. Evidence comes in a variety of forms. There is, for example, documentary evidence and forensic evidence. And there is testimonial evidence. If the Government has before it evidence of a crime that rises to a certain level, it has an obligation to charge that crime and put the evidence before a jury if necessary. That includes any testimonial evidence. Whether or not any such testimony is to be believed is a matter for the jury, with the help of some instruction from the judge and some argument from the lawyers.