IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Dr. Merrie Jo Pitera explains why themes are important for testimony, how to prep witnesses for cross, and what attorneys can gain from working with consultants.

Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...

In response to growing awareness of the distressing effect of cross-examination on vulnerable witnesses, adjustments have been made to ease their distress to enable them to give their best evidence.

Judges should not permit questions that are irrelevant, indecent, asked without reasonable grounds, or intended to insult or annoy a witness, Justice Panwhar said. The purpose of cross-examination, he ...

Family practitioners are experiencing an inconsistent approach to the cross-examination process where a litigant in person is involved, says Kara Swift Cross-examination is an unavoidable feature of ...