Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: A Constitutional Right of Intimidation I. gently draft legislation3 aimed at reducing the trauma suffered by the child victim.4 However, a looming disruption to these efforts is the need for additional legislation, its relationship to the confrontation clause, and the constitutionality of the proposed legislation).3. Prosecutors are filing "fatter" indictments and informations against accused sexual offenders in response to the public's cry for relief.Graham, Indicia of Reliability and Face to Face Confrontation: Emerging Issues in Child Sexual Abuse Prosecutions, 40 U. MIAMI L. REV. 19, 20 (1985).Legislatures have responded by creating more hearsay exceptions and passing laws designed to make prosecution of child sexual abuse cases more effective and less stressful for the child victim.Id. at 20-21.State statutes and case law have attempted to make the victim's testimonial experience in court less traumatic, without compromising the accused's constitutional guarantees under the sixth amendment.One-way closed-circuit television, one-way screen and one-way mirror statutes: ALA.CODE § 15-25-3 (Supp.1988); ARIZ.REV.STAT.ANN.
Author: John A. Mayers
Institution: Pepperdine University
Language: English
Topic: Criminal Law and Evidence
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W38087053