Effective July 24, 1985, New York State enacted a law to ameliorate the emotional harm and psychological damage done to a child victim of a sexual molester which may result from the trauma of becoming a prosecution witness in open court and confronting the alleged offender face to face. The legislative response to this problem is embodied in CPL article 65, which attempts to balance two conflicting interests: protection of the child witness, without at the same time unduly...
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