Q: How does recantation affect my sex case?
— May 2, 2014Recantation means that the victim has taken back his or her story or otherwise claimed that his or her original story was untrue. Although you might expect recantation to help your case, often times the opposite is true. This is because the state has a number of expert witnesses that they can, and will, call at trial to explain why the victim has recanted or changed his or her story.
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