Advocates of child victims said a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for remote testimony for children and people with certain disabilities could help young victims from being retraumatized in ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is calling for a constitutional amendment to ensure that child victims of crime do not have to testify inside a courtroom alongside their alleged abusers.In June, the ...

The June Iowa Supreme Court ruling that essentially banned most abortions in the state partly obscured a simultaneous decision that also was closely divided and also promises large implications for ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is proposing a constitutional amendment to give judges authority to allow children to provide closed circuit testimony against an alleged abuser. It’s a response to a ...

WEST FARGO — Prosecutors in the case of a West Fargo man accused of killing his wife in August 2023 are asking the court to allow his two children to testify without having to face their father in the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Eyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations such as the Innocence Project suggest it was a key piece of information in as many as 75% of ...

The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a child welfare worker's testimony during a temporary custody hearing, even if it was false, cannot be the basis for a civil lawsuit under ...

RICHMOND, VA — Where credible evidence in the record supported the court’s finding that it was not in a minor’s best interest to testify in open court, based upon her mental and emotional fragility, ...