@Love_my_doggie True. But we’re talking about circumstances in a court of law, where civil life is different than normal goings-on out here in the wild lands. For example, in a court of law you are innocent until proven guilty whereas outside of the court (the wild lands) you are guilty until proven innocent. Or so it seems to me…
The court cannot assume that the witness is lying, otherwise the court system would be a mockery. Memory may be fleeting but one must tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the best of their ability to do so. Then the jury considers the consequences, and accuracy of that so-called “truth.” It ain;‘t perfect, but neither are the participants.