The Lindsay Clancy Trial: How Expert Witnesses Actually Work
The center of it is expert testimony. When a defendant's mental state is the whole question, both sides bring in psychologists, and everything those witnesses say is opinion, not fact. Hawk walks through what it takes to qualify an expert, why the phrase to a reasonable degree of psychological certainty matters, and why cross examination is where these witnesses are really tested. One clip shows a prosecution expert asked repeatedly what he was paid, and struggling to give a number, which is a moment juries tend to remember.
The sharpest sequence is the defense attorney taking a line from the…
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