(June 12, 2011 at 8:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How do you think this works?
The DA who is trying to make a case goes to a former cellmate of the accused and starts asking if he has any information. Do you think they agree to testify because they are "good citizens?"
They aren't going to be looking to poke holes in the story of their own witness.
I was thinking more along the lines of a serial killer that has victims that have yet to be found, and coughs up that information to save his ass.
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