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Meet the ‘courtroom dogs’ who help child crime victims tell their stories
PBS NEWSHOUR ^
Posted on 10/21/2016 12:29:11 PM PDT by SandRat
Getting child crime victims to open up is never easy for investigators and asking them to tell their stories to a jury can be brutally traumatizing. To help these kids overcome their fears, some courtrooms across the country are employing comfort dogs, canine companions who take the stand alongside them to calm and bolster their spirits. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports.
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:29:11 PM PDT
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SandRat
To: JoeSixPack
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:33:11 PM PDT
by
SandRat
( (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?))
To: SandRat
Too bad the 12-year-old rape victim Old Hill destroyed in court didn’t get to have one.
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:34:57 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Waiting for inspirations)
To: SandRat
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:47:40 PM PDT
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Cecily
To: Cecily
Don’t know go to the website to get more info.
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:51:46 PM PDT
by
SandRat
( (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?))
To: SandRat
This could be really bothersome from a due process standpoint. Just imagine a semi-hysterical child who’s had her memory “refreshed” by a memory recovery “therapist” testifying while hugging the world’s most appealing Golden Retriever. It would be nearly impossible to cross examine her, regardless of how outlandishly unbelievable her testimony was, without looking like the world’s worst villan.
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:52:21 PM PDT
by
libstripper
(oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
To: libstripper
Remember ‘recovered memories’?
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:57:21 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(When they play the race card, play the Trump card.)
To: libstripper
Illary would find a way to cross examine the child! The little one would be torn apart by Illary’s ‘love’ for justice’ (or is it ‘just us’?).
To: sparklite2
Remember recovered memories?
Yup! Every time I hear about children testifying I get real nervous. Remember "Children can't lie!"?
One of the darkest eras in our history and nobody knows or cares.
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posted on
10/21/2016 1:07:35 PM PDT
by
Forgotten Amendments
(Nessie ... Sasquatch ... The Free Syrian Army ...)
To: libstripper
If this is just having a dog there when a kid is interviewed or testifies (and there is no “prodding”) I don’t see the problem. If there’s “prodding,” it’s a problem regardless of whether a dog is there or not.
To: SandRat
I wouldn’t want a dog. I’d want a bunny...a Playboy Bunny.
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posted on
10/21/2016 1:30:31 PM PDT
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KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: SandRat
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posted on
10/21/2016 1:31:10 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
To: KrisKrinkle
How about a PENTHOUSE PET?
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:00:47 PM PDT
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SandRat
( (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?))
To: SandRat
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:02:38 PM PDT
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KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: libstripper
It’s pretty much true that one does not cross examine a child or a grandma. But I never did criminal cases and I do recall a sweet old grandma being handcuffed at the courthouse. She was obviously tweaking.
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:31:00 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
To: upchuck
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posted on
10/22/2016 9:18:47 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
To: Albion Wilde
Thanks for the ping. Dogs can do amazing things.
I was reading as article recently about a woman whose dog seemed obsessed with her right thigh. Trying to lick and sniff it.
The woman mentioned the behavior to her doctor. An examination was done and they discovered the woman had bone cancer in her thigh.
Fortunately, the dog’s “diagnosis” was early enough that the cancer was killed using radiation treatments.
Thank God for dogs.
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posted on
10/22/2016 9:32:04 PM PDT
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upchuck
(Trump to the White House!! Hillary to the Big House!! h/t Jim Robinson)
To: upchuck
That’s amazing! Dogs can do everything but talk, and open pickle jars.
I was a confirmed cat person until my best friends’ dog decided he loves me. Now I’m on his wavelength, too. He’s a golden.
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posted on
10/22/2016 9:51:34 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
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