Funny thing about this. I can't find Jackie Rhoades testimony from a 1996 hearing. All I can find is her testimony from a 1/26/2000 hearing. And nowhere in that testimony does she mention signs of physical injury, such as bruises.
Is she the person who said one thing in her deposition and another at trial? I vaguely remember reading something like that in the past, but don't recall details. I'm wondering if the discrepancy you found is the difference between the deposition and the trial testimony.
Let me guess. You believe Michael Schiavo's trusted testimony, the person who put Terri to death.
Good question! A google search turns up that she spoke about bruises on a TV interview, in 2005. One wonders why she wouldn't say the same under oath five years earlier, presumably when it mattered more.