I watch a lot of true crime shows and there appears to be a lot of cases where victims decide not to follow through with testifying against their attackers, merely because of their fear of being in the room with them. This seems to be particularly common in cases of sexual assault. Can’t they just not have the accused attacker not appear in court when the victim testifies?
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The accused have the right to know the charges and evidence against them, and to have the accusations against them laid out as part of the trial.
In reality a victim will sometimes be spoken for without being present, but that would still involve sworn testimony and the accuser having to answer any questions posed by the defense. This is not common but it can happen, why a TV show would ignore that I don’t know.
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