I sail with a couple lawyers who've been in the system for quite a while, and they agreed, what he said was exactly on point for how a defense lawyer most likely would handle a death sentence case like this.
It really isn't that you're trying to destroy the kid, but get them double guessing their own words and thinking its their fault and they're lying, and if necessary make the kid less willing to show up to testify AGAIN at the NEXT appeal.
Sick system.
