After impeachment, how can a witness be rehabilitated?

After impeachment, how can a witness be rehabilitated?

• A. By explaining circumstances that reduce the impact
• B. By presenting evidence of good character for truthfulness
• C. By presenting evidence of bias
• D. By introducing non-relevant testimony

Answer: (B)

After impeachment, the goal is to restore the witness’s credibility by showing they generally tell the truth. The clearest way to do that is to present evidence of good character for truthfulness, usually through reputation or opinion testimony from others about the witness’s honesty. This directly counters the credibility attack by highlighting the witness’s overall trustworthiness. Explaining circumstances that reduce the impact attempts to mitigate the impeaching matter rather than rebuild credibility. Presenting evidence of bias reveals another impeachment issue rather than rehabilitating, and introducing non-relevant testimony has no bearing on credibility.

After impeachment, the goal is to restore the witness’s credibility by showing they generally tell the truth. The clearest way to do that is to present evidence of good character for truthfulness, usually through reputation or opinion testimony from others about the witness’s honesty. This directly counters the credibility attack by highlighting the witness’s overall trustworthiness.

Explaining circumstances that reduce the impact attempts to mitigate the impeaching matter rather than rebuild credibility. Presenting evidence of bias reveals another impeachment issue rather than rehabilitating, and introducing non-relevant testimony has no bearing on credibility.