[blindlaw] Being unable to see relevant evidence in a legal case
RJ Sandefur
joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
Sat Aug 24 12:18:00 UTC 2013
Amy, I myself am not a lawyer, but I'd think that the lawyer would already
know the contents of a photograph, video ect from reviewing the discovery.
RJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "amy a" <amynick100 at gmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:35 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Being unable to see relevant evidence in a legal case
> Hello, everyone,
>
> I am new to this mailing list. As a person exploring the field of law, I
> have a question about an obstacle blind people run into.
>
> How can you be a fair judge, jury member, or similar professional when you
> cannot see relevant evidence? By evidence, I mean visual indicators, such
> as a video of a robbery, but I am also referring to cues such as
> witnesses' facial expressions and body language. I am mainly using
> examples relating to criminal law here, but only because I know that the
> best, and it is the first thing I can think of. Feel free to refer to
> other types of law when answering if it is relevant.
>
> I read the thread from September 2012, "Handling paper docs at hearings"
> written by someone named Paul. (If I am misquoting, I am sorry.) Anyway,
> the general consensus was that blind people who are doing hearings require
> visual readers for the documents. However, I am talking about the case of
> a judge or jury member. From what I know about law, which is not much, I
> assume that one can correctly argue that if someone merely describes the
> evidence for you, and you do not see it for yourself, it is only hearsay,
> and the fact that you cannot directly see the evidence means that nothing
> was proven "beyond a reasonable doubt". Are there people who go to law
> school to become readers and describers for blind judges and jurors, so
> that what they describe can count as legally admissible evidence?
>
> When answering my question, please keep in mind that I have no official
> legal training whatsoever. Therefore, please avoid too many technical
> terms that I might not be familiar with. Furthermore, if this topic has
> been discussed previously, and it probably has, I am sorry to repeat it,
> but I was honestly too lazy to figure out how to search the archive.
>
> Thank you all so much in advance for your time, consideration, effort, and
> comments.
>
> All the best,
>
> Amy
>
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