re the state of justice demon desire wright edu not a boomer writes a judge denied gm s new trial motion even though gm says it has two new witnesses that said the occupant of the truck was dead from the impact not from the fire thoughts how can a witness tell that someone in a burning truck is dead rather than unconscious it s kind of scary when you realize that judges are going to start denying new trials even when new evidence that contradicts the facts that led to the previous ruling appear or has the judge decided that the new witnesses are not to be believed shouldn t that be up to a jury what kind of witnesses if we are talking about witnesses who were at the accident or were otherwise directly involved e g paramedics emergency room doctors etc then they should have been used at the first trial you don t get a new trial because you screwed up and forgot to call all of your witnesses if we are talking about new expert witnesses who will offer new interpretations of the data note that the loser can always find such witnesses if this were grounds for a new trial then the loser could always get a new trial and keep doing so until the loser becomes a winner and then the other side would come up with new expert witnesses tim smith
