"I don't know of any other case in which a person testified for the state after receiving the death penalty with no deal," said Rusty Hardin, a Houston lawyer who prosecuted Ms. Tucker's former boyfriend, Daniel Ryan Garrett.
In a deposition, a person testifies under oath to what he knows.
"When you see one of our videos you see an actual person testifying to their actual lives," Letts told The Huffington Post.
"At any other hearing of importance in our society, there would be some smart person sitting behind a congressperson to say, [of the person testifying] 'Challenge him, he's wrong,'" said Walker.
The crime of perjury requires that the person testifying know that the testimony is untruthful.
WASHINGTON -- For the first time in American history, an openly transgender person testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday.
"There's a formality to it that a neutral party heard the person testify about their issue," Mr. Steller said.
Another provision often sought by the government allows prosecutors to introduce the statements to impeach a defendant if the case proceeds to trial and the person testifies in a way that is contradicted by the statements made in the proffer session.
'The old common law shuddered at the idea of any person testifying who had the least interest.' State v. Barrows, 76 Me. 401, 409.
Someone could have peculiar and specialized knowledge in Tarot card reading, for example, but it wouldn't be appropriate to let that person testify in court.
The player, who shared the video with at least one person, testified that he videotaped Mays and the girl "because he was being stupid, not making the right choices".
