Child Witnesses
Laws have been enacted to protect children and minimize emotional damage when it comes to the use of children as witnesses. For this assignment, address the following items:
- Research the history of children as witnesses in court and describe the evolution of legal procedures that regulate practice with respect to child witnesses.
- Identify statutes that aid children as witnesses and describe the procedures by which children are aided.
- Explain how the process protects children while gathering facts to use as evidence.
- Explain how these laws relate to historical reasons why U.S. rules are more restrictive than those established by other countries.