A constant pet frustration – lack of understanding of how to impeach. Let’s look at this from a common witness situation – the good military character witness.
Witness: Blah, blah, blah.
Witness: In my opinion Private Rumpelstiltskin is a good Soldier.
The King James (UK) version of Proverbs 18-17 says: He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
The King James (Am.) version says: He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him.
The New Living Testament (2007) says: The first to speak in court sounds right–until the cross-examination begins.
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