The hearsay rule has a whole host of exceptions. One of these exceptions, IIRC, deals with a situation where the person who made the original statement is no longer available to testify.
"One of these exceptions, IIRC, deals with a situation where the person who made the original statement is no longer available to testify."
Nobody asked Terri and she was and is alive.
Not to mention, that MS's hearsay evidence has been contridicted by others, and that MS suddenly "remembered" this after several years and after he got the over $1M settlement.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1368394/posts?page=5#5
and http://www.terrisfight.net/timeline
check out 1992-1993 and 1997 specifically.