PENNSYLVANIA AND THE “I CAN’T REMEMBER” WITNESS

  Witness memories, however flawed or imprecise, are often the core evidence at trial.  Yet anyone who studies memory knows that recollection of event gist (“I’ll never forget being robbed”) may be long-lasting but accurate recall of event detail fades within hours, or at most a day, after the occurrence.  This is shown in what

CONFRONTING THE OPPOSING EXPERT: GOALS AND STRATEGIES (Part 2)

  Part 1 of this article [https://www2.law.temple.edu/aer/confronting-oppo…trategies-part-1/] detailed the suggested approaches and checklists of several advocacy experts on how to confront and cross-examine the opposing expert witness.  Those checklists, while all useful, paid inadequate heed to the interplay of courtroom skills and evidence law.  In part 2, this article suggests a more comprehensive paradigm for