One was a challenge from some attorneys. It's natural to think attorneys are really hard people to deal with because we consider them so smart and articulate. Because they're used to vigorously rebutting opposition, we're less likely to take on an attorney. It's amazing to see people turn from hard-headed rationalists into mystics in a single moment. They refuse to treat religious ideas with the same care that they deal with other ideas.
Attorneys are no exception.
This is a test to see if they're really fair with their challenge. By the way, there is a way to measure when the soul leaves the body. It's called death. That seems obvious to me. The attorney in this particular case had made a fundamental error.