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  • Testifying under oath as an expert may sway a case. In doing so, you are examined on what your expertise is, how it relates to the matter at hand, and why you believe it matters.

    As a victim, you are not a reliable witness because the prosecution is trying to convince the jury that the facts match the charge while the defense is trying to present reasonable doubt. (If you couldn’t remember the curtain was blue, are you sure you didn’t just dream up the act?)

    It’s also good to be able to establish multiple witnesses for the same event as it establishes mutual credibility. A, B, and C all established their presence and all corroborated that A was brought into the room with D. B and C heard sounds that were consistent with act X but inconsistent with defendant D’s claim of act Y.

    It’s not a game of probability or trust. It’s storytelling