The US Supreme Court recently determined that experts from all fields of knowledge must demonstrate the reliability and validity of their testimony.
Hayne's workload and the scientific validity of his testimony have been criticized by numerous peers and colleagues over the years, culminating in a 2008 Mississippi Supreme Court decision (PDF) throwing out the murder conviction of 13-year-old Tyler Edmonds, who was accused of holding a gun with his sister and simultaneously pulling the trigger, killing his sister's husband while he slept.
Moreover, if the information you omit is revealed during the trial, the validity of your testimony could be called into question.
This month, the Supreme Court heard its first oral arguments in more than three decades that question the validity of using witness testimony, in a case involving a New Hampshire man convicted of theft, accused by a woman who saw him from a distance in the dead of night.
Franklin was convicted nevertheless, and spent 5 years in jail, before doubts over the validity of his daughter's testimony were raised, and his conviction was overturned.
But Icardi's lawyer argued before the case was scheduled to go to trial that Congress had no authority to question the validity of his client's testimony.
Nevertheless, there is no greater testimony to the validity of fossil-based stratigraphic geology than the absolute dates made possible through radioactive measurements.
"Based on the information that has now been revealed, the court can conduct investigations and bring the parties back before the court and hear testimony about the validity of the proceedings," she said.
Plenty of testimony to the contrary.
The taking of testimony began today [Aug.
Days of testimony: defense 34; prosecution, 99.
