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pquot;a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202426916081#39;Victim videos#39; grow ? but still controversial/a, is Vesna Jaksic#39;s article in today#39;s National Law Journal. /pdiv style=margin-left: 40px;Although prosecutors applaud the increasing use of courtroom videos and multimedia presentations as a means to humanize victims and demonstrate the impact of the crimes they are prosecuting, defense lawyers are worried about the prejudicial effect of playing on jurors#39; emotions.br /br / Called quot;victim impact evidence,quot; these presentations are typically produced by the victim#39;s family and shown in the sentencing phase of a capital trial.br /br / The videos ? some of which are as long as 20 minutes and feature a mix of soft music, photography and narration ? recently caused a debate among the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).