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Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 8, 2021
Legal Aid wants to make it easy for domestic violence victims to continue to testify remotely post pandemic
Advocates say the prospect of testifying in the same room with an abuser can cause some victims not to come forward. But some lawyers say it perverts the Constitution’s guarantee that the accused get to confront their accusers.
During the pandemic, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles built a remote hearing studio for accusers to testify remotely in domestic violence cases. Now, as the courts resume in-person proceedings, Legal Aid says it wants to make the studio a permanent tool for people to testify without sitting in the room as their alleged abusers, and to replicate the studio in other locations.
"The feedback we've received from the survivors who'...
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