In cases dependent on witness testimony, our adversarial legal system pits one person's word against another.
The prosecution appears to be dependent on the testimony of former Mubarak officials, most notably Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the current head of state.
Contact tracing is a key investigatory tool but not without its own limitations, as it is dependent on the testimony of the complainants who must be able or willing to disclose all behaviors that could have led to transmission, some of which may be illegal or socially stigmatized (for example, illicit drug injection).
Meanwhile, the FBI, dependent on Hill's testimony for a whole series of trials, was forced to indulge his vices and demands.
Wev Shea, a former United States attorney in Anchorage, appointed by the first President George Bush, said prosecutors had "pretty overwhelming" evidence in some cases, including taped conversations, that were less dependent on Mr. Allen's testimony.
After a break for supper, Hay presented the defence case, which was heavily dependent on Dr Lennox's testimony that Ellen had strangled herself.
They were dependent on no one.
Anti-reductionists take this feature as showing that the epistemology of testimony is dependent on social relations and the conferring of epistemic authority on speakers.
That left Ruiz -- who repeatedly reminded the court his client had been forcibly "sodomized" in a U.S. prison -- dependent on the government witness for his expert testimony.
The government will rely on testimony from some questionable witnesses.
For discussion of the latter, see related entry on testimony.
