Experts aren't paid to lie is , respectfully, the funniest, most naive thing I have ever read, ever! Read one their books one day and you will find quotes to the effect of "It depends which side is paying you". [...] God bless you, I know you have a true heart and this apparently comes as a surprise to you. I was in your position once, my first day as a paralegal. Oh the lovely view from those very temporary, rose colored glasses!:blowkiss:
Please. I am more than well aware of the expert testimony process, including but not limited to expert witness testimony admissibility, and the so-called "
hired gun" effect. So, cut the condescension already.
As for your contention that expert witnesses regularly perjur themselves in a court of law? While you may very well hold the view that they are in some way, shape, or form, above the law and therefore have the freedom to engage in perjury with impunity, I, personally, do not hold such a view.
As for my comment wrt this case, there is absolutely nothing in Casey's behavior that suggests or otherwise implies that she is legally insane, including but not limited to the fact that she has no reported history of mental illness and that she was given a psychiatric evaluation early onwhich, if I recall correctly, did not reveal any sort of acute mental disorders.
Which means your so-called "
hired gun" would have to either make stuff up out of whole cloth, to testify to an NGRI, or fall into the category of someone who practices shoddy "
science." The former is doubtful due to the perjury aspect. As for the latter? Sure why not. Even so, said expert would still not be lying. They would be putting forth a highly questionable opinion that could be easily impeached under Frye.
Of course, afaics, the whole NGRI question for this case is moot anyway. Simply bc such pleas are extremely rare and even for those that have a viable basis, such as the case of
Tortorici, rarely won.
