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Originally Posted by WingedKagouti
On the other hand, witnesses are not required to answer questions that have no relevance to the case.
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True. Presumably this one is some sort of case involving conspiracy charges, so the prosecutor has to establish that a conspiracy exists, otherwise there's no case -- or conversely, the defense is trying to raise a reasonable doubt that it exists. The prosecution certainly has the uphill battle. (Neither one of those is really focused on the original point of proving a negative, though.)
Or it could always just be the Chewbacca Defense.