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Talk about cross exam-nesia. #13thjuror #karenread #truecrime

July 09, 2024 / 00:50

This episode discusses witness testimonies, courtroom dynamics, and the phenomenon of selective memory during cross-examinations. Key topics include the reliability of witnesses and the impact of legal pressures.

The hosts talk about the strange loyalty some witnesses show, questioning why people would alter their stories or forget details. They highlight the difference in memory recall when witnesses are questioned by prosecution versus defense.

They introduce the term 'cross examination amnesia' to describe how witnesses often forget details under cross-examination. This leads to a discussion about the implications of such memory lapses in legal cases.

TLDR

Witness testimonies and selective memory in court are examined.

Episode

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it's kind of wild to me and maybe I just don't have these kind of loyalties in my
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own life but it is kind of wild to me that if it was this accident or whatever the amount of people that they've gotten
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to to be in to to not change their story to like to delete their phone records and and say they don't remember things
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is early on I used to I used to joke when the trials were starting I was like oh I can easily tell if you're a
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prosecution witness or like or if the prosecution is asking you questions or the defense because m detail you can
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remember when the prosecution is up there questioning their Witnesses and like if the defense is asking you
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questions you can't recall anyia it's cross exam nesia yeah cram is you yeah yeah that's what we call it
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it's h when you get up there and all of a sudden on Cross examination you can't remember anything you have amnesia
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that's cross ex amesia yeah

Episode Highlights

  • Cross-Examination Amnesia
    Witnesses often forget details during cross-examination, leading to what some call 'cross-exam amnesia.'
    “You can't recall anything? That's cross-exam amnesia!”
    @ 00m 46s
    July 09, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • You can't recall anything? That's cross-exam amnesia!
    Talk about cross exam-nesia. #13thjuror #karenread #truecrime

Key Moments

  • Trial Jokes00:19
  • Cross-Examination00:42