Direct examination is the heart of the trial. It is also your greatest challenge. You must avoid leading questions used in cross-examination, and ask open-ended questions, meaning that unlike other ...

This courtroom sketch shows Ghislaine Maxwell, left, conferring with lead defense attorney Bobbi Sternheim during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP ...

From a legal point of view, there are two kinds of questions. OK, maybe four, but the latter two are really riffs on the basic two. Questions on direct examination are a species of their own and ...

Sam Bankman-Fried's defense attorney Mark S. Cohen started and finished his cross-examination of former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh with questions about excessive spending, but it was not ...

The examination of a witness on cross is designed to evince doubt as to the truthfulness of the witness's testimony, particularly with respect to issues at the center of the case. Generally, questions ...