Imagine a murder trial. Long before the judge enters the courtroom, before the attorneys make their opening statements, and before the first witness is sworn, the truth already exists. Either the accused committed the crime, or he did not. Nothing said during the trial changes that reality. The proceedings exist to discover, as best humanly …Imagine a murder trial. Long before the judge enters the courtroom, before the attorneys make their opening statements, and before the first witness is sworn, the truth already exists. Either the accused committed the crime, or he did not. Nothing said during the trial changes that reality. The proceedings exist to discover, as best humanly …