--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/1/06 8:44:58 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > So Kerry was reporting a bunch of hearsay to congress? > > > > He was repeating testimony. That's not repeating hearsay. If he was using > that testimony > to attempt to prove that such things happened, it would be hearsay, but he > merely > asserted that he had heard the testimony from those who claimed that they > themselves > had committed the acts. > > In fact, it is entirely possible that his testimony COULD have been used in > a trial against > the people who made the confessions. Hearsay isn't always really hearsay, > according to the > law. > > > > > So this testimony that was given was in a court under oath, that Kerry > repeated to congress? >
Nope, but that wasn't my point. Hearsay is repeating out-of-court words in court using them as evidence for something other than the fact the words were said. There are exceptions where out-of-court words are allowed, such as testimony by police, or death-bed confessions. A confession in an open hearing might not get anyone convicted of a crime, but it might be used as evidence that a crime happened in the first place, and conceivably admissable in court as evidence that an event or events happened. Of course, THEN you could raise questions about whether or not the witnesses were credible in the first place. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
