Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Uh, not really. The way it works in the USA is that if someone does a test, 
> they have to testify what the test was. So the evidence is the policeman 
> saying "I measured the skid marks and they were 12 feet long" followed by 
> the scientist saying "if you are going 87MPH and slam on the brakes, your 
> skid marks will be about 12 feet long."  (Followed by the other side saying 
> "if the tire had blown out, the skid marks would be 12 feet long even if he 
> was only going the legal speed limit at the time" perhaps.)

  That doesn't sound like eyewitness testimony. That sound like a policeman
testifying what he did.

  Eyewitness testimony is more like: "Is the man you saw exiting the building
in this court room? Could you point him out?" "Yes, he is the defendant."

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