really not a fan of lawyers using invalid questioning merely to dress up monologue and plant ideas into the jury's minds.
"do you have any knowledge as to whether mister depp is a big stupid poopyhead?"
-- "i - i couldn't say"
but a more practical solution could be for the witness to read the catalogue of questions beforehand and strike out all questions they will or can not answer.
@lritter it can backfire, if somebody gets the impression that the lawyers tactics are manipulative the leap will be quickly made that the client approved this approach.
@plastichymn wasting everybody's time is not a good look, for sure
@lritter it's a gamble, a jury member unfamiliar with the importance of client attorney privilege could just assume the answers and think not answering is responsible for wasting time.
@plastichymn only in america!
@lritter I'm rather skeptical of jury trials, the average person (incl. me) comes with a whole lot of biases and erroneous preconceptions and the idea of balancing that out by selecting jurors is just another game that doesn't reflect justice.
imo each jury member should get a red button like on american idol, and when more than half of them push it, a trapdoor opens right below the enquiring lawyer