testify for the defense/prosecution
idiom
: to talk and answer questions about something especially in a court of law because the defense/prosecution has asked one to and while formally promising that what one is saying is true
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The conference — which draws child abuse pediatricians, social workers, police and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill-informed and mercenary.
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Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
The conference — which draws child-abuse pediatricians, social workers, police officers and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill informed and mercenary.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The defense hopes Judge Cannone will allow Dr. Marie Russell to testify for the defense in explanation of those wounds.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2024
The judge’s turn — and losing Leslie as a star witness to testify for the prosecution — means Leland Townsend is, in fact, getting out of these pesky murder charges despite Kristen’s convincing testimony, mountains of evidence, and that sob story about Leland using Sheryl as a scapegoat.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
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Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
The conference — which draws child-abuse pediatricians, social workers, police officers and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill informed and mercenary.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The defense hopes Judge Cannone will allow Dr. Marie Russell to testify for the defense in explanation of those wounds.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2024
The judge’s turn — and losing Leslie as a star witness to testify for the prosecution — means Leland Townsend is, in fact, getting out of these pesky murder charges despite Kristen’s convincing testimony, mountains of evidence, and that sob story about Leland using Sheryl as a scapegoat.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Testify for the defense/prosecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testify%20for%20the%20defense%2Fprosecution. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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