In our ignorance we will see a person opening and closing eyes, moaning, making sounds, and then think she can't be in a PVS - all the Hollywood movies I ever show makes it seem they just lay there - in actuality that is exactly how PSV victims react. The judge going there or any other layman going there would be meaningless and misleading - he had a medical team go there for the court and that is the best thing for this type of thing.
Maybe it's just cause I was born in the "Show Me State"...but I would still think the judge would want to see this with his own eyes.
"The judge going there or any other layman going there would be meaningless and misleading -"
SO then the next time a judge goes to a crime scene (yes I KNOW there was no crime comitted here...it's an example)you're saying that it's wrong for him to go to the scene and get a "feel" for the event becasue in your words "The judge going there or any other layman going there would be meaningless and misleading"?