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Video Testimony in the Covid Era Faces a Constitutional Test
The New York Times
The pandemic has made videoconferencing commonplace, and many people remain wary of large gatherings. Remote testimony might appear to be a sensible compromise. But Jeffrey L. Fisher, a law professor at Stanford, said courts should be cautious. “Covid has taught us two lessons,” he said. “One lesson is that Zoom…
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Whose Rights Are They, Anyway? Juror Secrecy versus Defendants’ Right to Impartial Trial: SCOTUS to Hear Clinic’s Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, which asks whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury requires defendants in criminal cases to be allowed to introduce testimony from jurors to prove that racial bias infected jury deliberations. At the heart of the case is…
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