Current laws allow trial assistance to be provided for youth who testify in
homicide, dependent abuse and rape cases. Senate Bill 1091 calls for extending
support to minors who are victims of sex crimes, including child pornography,
pimping, pandering and sex trafficking.
"It makes no sense for children who are victims of sexually related crimes to not have the same right to confront their perpetrators without fear of retaliation that others have," Lieu said in a written statement.
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I do not know what to make of this bill.
Certainly, the trauma of a young victim to face accusers is a great strain, but how many individuals have been acquitted following false accusations from suggestive interviews which inadvertently prompted children to implicate others who had done nothing wrong?
The high incidence of accusations for sexual perversion are alarming, enough that the court system should enter heedlessly into preventing the testimony of young accusers from a proper cross examination.
If the state is concerned about the welfare of a young person following their testimony in court, then they deserve the most rigorous protections available under a witness protection program. Otherwise, to prevent the accused from facing the accuser would compromise the essential standard of equality under the law as well as frustrate the protections guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
"It makes no sense for children who are victims of sexually related crimes to not have the same right to confront their perpetrators without fear of retaliation that others have," Lieu said in a written statement.
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I do not know what to make of this bill.
Certainly, the trauma of a young victim to face accusers is a great strain, but how many individuals have been acquitted following false accusations from suggestive interviews which inadvertently prompted children to implicate others who had done nothing wrong?
The high incidence of accusations for sexual perversion are alarming, enough that the court system should enter heedlessly into preventing the testimony of young accusers from a proper cross examination.
If the state is concerned about the welfare of a young person following their testimony in court, then they deserve the most rigorous protections available under a witness protection program. Otherwise, to prevent the accused from facing the accuser would compromise the essential standard of equality under the law as well as frustrate the protections guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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