YSK that eyewitness testimony is only hearsay if they are…
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YSK that eyewitness testimony is only hearsay if they are testifying to what someone else said or saw.
Why YSK: There are people who are currently trying to claim that interviewing the living victims of **that case** isn't/shouldn't be happening because their testimony would be hearsay. They are incorrect.
Hearsay is meant to prevent secondhand testimony, I.E. "My roommate was at work and saw his boss empty the safe into a duffle bag the night the store burned down."
That isn't the same thing as a witness testifying "I closed that night and saw Terry empty the safe into a duffle bag".
Bonus YSK: Hearsay isn't always thrown out. There are exceptions in which it may be used as evidence.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hearsay-criminal-cases.html
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Why YSK: There are people who are currently trying to claim that interviewing the living victims of **that case** isn't/shouldn't be happening because their testimony would be hearsay. They are incorrect.
Hearsay is meant to prevent secondhand testimony, I.E. "My roommate was at work and saw his boss empty the safe into a duffle bag the night the store burned down."
That isn't the same thing as a witness testifying "I closed that night and saw Terry empty the safe into a duffle bag".
Bonus YSK: Hearsay isn't always thrown out. There are exceptions in which it may be used as evidence.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hearsay-criminal-cases.html
#education
source
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