A defense lawyer systematically breaks down a witness's certainty during a high-stakes trial. Solomon uses a gentle but relentless line of questioning to plant seeds of doubt regarding whether the victim had seen a social media post before identifying his attacker.
SOLOMON: You told the court that when your husband first reported the words allegedly whispered to him by his attacker: ‘Evil can’t live near our kids’, that he hadn’t seen the post. Is that correct?
REBECCA: ... Yes.
SOLOMON: Can I ask how you can be so sure of that?
REBECCA: Because I was with him
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