Comment on No More Empty Docks, Offenders Forced to Face Victims

Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The victims don’t have to, but if they choose to, the accused person has to sit in the dock.

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  • Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah okay, that makes it a bit better. What about if the victim has to give evidence at the trial or something, though?

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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They can give evidence from behind a screen or sometimes video link.

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    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t know, but I would imagine that they can either remove the accused while they give evidence, or they can give video evidence

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      • Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have read horror stories about this happening in the US, where victims of terrible crimes can be cross-examined in a dehumanising or intimidating way by the person who harmed them if they choose to defend themselves. It’s really disgusting.

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  • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sorta makes it pointless.

    The victims most effected are the least likely to find the idea helpful.

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    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t know. Some people find it therapeutic to see the person punished. It can help get closure. The way some sentences are though, it might leave them feeling disappointed instead.

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