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 ...

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...

TROPICS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. RIGHT NOW. COURT IS UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL OF RYAN ROUTH. HE IS HEARING TESTIMONY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS MARKS THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE TRIAL. NIKITA RAMOS ...

EL PASO COUNTY, CO — The defense continued to make its case Wednesday as the murder trial of Letecia Stauch continued. The defense began Wednesday by filing a motion to drop all charges against ...

TAKEN THE STAND ALREADY. GOOD MORNING. DOUG. SO FAR, THE JURY HAS HEARD FROM 40 WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION. KAREN AND KAREN REED’S DEFENSE TEAM HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY CROSS-EXAMINING EACH ONE TO TRY ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2017. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File) ...