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JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN SING

JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN SING

Starting in 1945 in Nuremberg, Germany twenty two major Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. Judges  from the Allied Powers – Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States presided. Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Hans Krebs and Joseph Goebbels had all committed suicide in the spring of 1945 to avoid capture. When the trial ended in 1946 twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death. Hermann Goring was considered the most important of those on trial….

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BASIC OUTLINE FOR CROSS EXAMINATION ABOUT WORKER SAFETY

BASIC OUTLINE FOR CROSS EXAMINATION ABOUT WORKER SAFETY

Here’s a very simple outline for cross  examination about worker safety. You would add  to this relevant information and discovery from the case. It’s a start,  however, for you to consider and  improve upon: WARNING-SAFETY CROSS EXAMINATION GENERAL OUTLINE  COLLATERAL ATTACK ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH  TRUE THAT TEXACO SHOULD HOLD PARAMOUNT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF IT’S WORKERS? AGREE WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT: ANY RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH IS ALWAYS UNACCEPTABLE IF REASONABLE…

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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT CROSS EXAMINATION

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT CROSS EXAMINATION

London barrister Peter Brown wrote a book some years ago entitled “The Art of Questioning.”  In one chapter he wrote: Last summer, a motorcyclist was arrested in Oxford, England, for speeding. The lady prosecutor bore in on the defendant with a curved question:  “Mr. Setright, your motorcycle is capable, is it not, of exceeding the 70 mph speed limit? He answered: Certainly it can exceed that limit. But, the possibilities implicit in that physical ability are it relevant to these proceedings. We…

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