Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...

Cross-examination is a big deal for a key witness. I’ve noticed in trial that it gets some added attentiveness from the jury. Knowing that they’re now seeing one side pitted directly against the other ...

One of the Crown’s key witnesses in a Moncton double-murder trial faced cross-examination questions Tuesday about his own ...

TAKEN THE STAND ALREADY. GOOD MORNING. DOUG. SO FAR, THE JURY HAS HEARD FROM 40 WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION. KAREN AND KAREN REED’S DEFENSE TEAM HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY CROSS-EXAMINING EACH ONE TO TRY ...

"Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." Those words by legendary lawyer John Henry Wigmore in 1923 are derived from the Sixth Amendment. A defendant ...

Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2017. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File) ...