In a disputed allegation, certainty can sound persuasive.

The first version may tell you something the later one does not.
Which would you trust more: certainty now, or uncertainty at the start?

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There is evidence that can never be collected again.
A witness’s first description.
You can interview a witness again.
You can never interview that earlier version of them again.
Which version would you trust most?
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There’s one thing a defence lawyer often hopes a witness will say in cross-examination.

It might not sound important on its own.

But it could change everything.

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