What effect does rehearsing answers to questions before taking the witness stand have on testimony?

A. It makes the witness more likely to make mistakes during actual testimony.
B. It makes the witness more confident but only if their recollection is accurate.
C. It makes the witness more likely to forget the smaller details of the incident they observed.
D. It makes the witness more confident even when they are inaccurate.


Answer: D

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