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A trigger warning for our listeners first. This episode contains a brief description of an incidence of domestic violence.

We're all familiar with the phrase, I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes.

Not only are we familiar with it, but we actually believe that the truth

about something can be ascertained if you witness it firsthand. And we don't just believe this about

ourselves. We put a lot of stock in the firsthand accounts of other people. And that's why eyewitness statements

and testimony are so vital in a criminal investigation and trial. If a witness is strong enough, meaning they're

credible, consistent, believable, they have a lot of power to convince a jury one way or the other.

But if a witness is not so great, like let's say they have some serious credibility issues, or they are

in general problematic, but their statements line up with other witness statements and testimony,

then the corroboration between witnesses becomes powerful evidence.

So powerful that for a jury, if you have different people kind of telling you all the same or similar story,

it's too much of a coincidence for those stories not to be true.

And, to take it up a notch, when those witnesses are the defendant's friends,

and the friends testify under oath for the prosecution as state's witnesses,

it can be the death now for the entire defense. I'm .

... Hi and welcome to Undisclosed, The State versus Greg Lance.

This is episode five with friends like these.

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