"I'll ask the question again. Please let the witness answer.
Specifically, did I write those standards in front of you so
you know positively that they were written by me."
"No. I assumed that the exemplars that I was given were
authentic exemplars or standards of your own writing."
"Just as you assumed that I wrote the questioned documents?"
Diana paused just long enough for that to sink in, then asked,
"It has been pointed out that some of us see many dissimilarities
in the exhibit you have shown us. Don't these carry any weight?"
"If, in my opinion, the similarities outweigh the dissimilarities,
or vice-versa, that would be the basis for my opinion," Alice answered,
then forcefully added, "my opinion is based on training, not assumptions."
"Thank you very much, Ms Stebbins. I'm glad that we clarified
that the standards were assumptions."
Anuse promptly went into a damage control frenzy trying to
destroy the point made that the exemplars were not authenticated.
He would probably have succeeded had not the examiner been so haughty,
so confident. At least three of the panel were not convinced by her testimony.
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