Oct. 2, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court asked to review California’s ban on prisoner testimony
Can a state categorically ban prisoners from testifying in civil lawsuits without running into a 14th Amendment violation? In California, the answer for the past 80 years has been yes.
Can a state categorically ban prisoners from testifying in civil lawsuits without running into a 14th Amendment violation?
In California, the answer for the past 80 years has been yes. Under a precedent set by a California Court of Appeal in 1938, the state has denied prisoners the right to testify in civil trials because of the alleged risk and cost of transporting them to court.
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