WHY TO NEVER ASK A WHY QUESTION
A Concrete and Humorous Cross-Examination Example“More cross-examinations are suicidal than homicidal,” wrote Emory Buckner in Francis Wellman’s seminal work on cross, The Art of Cross-Examination.” And one way to cause a self-inflicted wound is to ask a “why” question. One illustration of this took place when a defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during [...]