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Under federal law the conviction of a witness is generally inadmissible to impeach the witness if more than ten years has elapsed since the conviction or since the release of the witness from imprisonment for that conviction, whichever is later.
Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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