Click here to read about The Law of the Garbage Truck. It takes a new perspective on life. When I was at the DA's office, I saw this posted on someone's door and really liked it so thought I would share.... Enjoy!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Huge Responsibility of an Interpreter
After sitting through a court trial where one of the witnesses needed an interpreter I was reminded of the huge responsibility of an interpreter. All it takes is one slight misinterpretation to throw off communication and in the case of a trial possibly affect the outcome. Even the best of interpreters cannot be perfect so utilizing highly qualified interpreters doesn't even solve this problem.
Sexual Assaults
As sexual assault month and National Denim Day, it seems appropriate that today's post focus on sexual violence. Today I received notice of a web course on sexual violence aimed at judges and the court system called Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse which I have started and found full of really good information. (It is a free course available to anyone and if you don't have the time to go through it all, you can easily skip to the parts most interesting to you.)
In that web course there was a question that really got me thinking that I wanted to share:
When you are listening to a victim of intimate partner sexual abuse give her account on the stand, what questions do you ask yourself? Do you think to yourself, Why doesn't she just say 'no'? or Why doesn't she leave? Would you think to ask, Why doesn't he leave her alone?
In that web course there was a question that really got me thinking that I wanted to share:
When you are listening to a victim of intimate partner sexual abuse give her account on the stand, what questions do you ask yourself? Do you think to yourself, Why doesn't she just say 'no'? or Why doesn't she leave? Would you think to ask, Why doesn't he leave her alone?
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