[Flying Circus]

I could understand trying to get the contents of the confession of the perp, but isn’t the girl’s confession just hearsay and therefore of no value to the court? What am I missing here?

(Not that I am at all in favor of violating the seal of the confessional in any case!)

[AnAmericanMother]

Hearsay is one of the most difficult issues in law - it's a convoluted area that varies from state to state, and has tons of exceptions.

PLUS - lest we forget, we are dealing with Louisiana. They are the only state in the Union with a French, codal legal system. It is completely different from everybody else's. Heaven only knows what they do with hearsay, but I'm sure it's something very strange.

I tried ONE case in Louisiana, many years ago, in federal district court but applying Louisiana law. Real estate law. What a mess. I spent hours and hours preparing for that case, what I learned is I never want to handle another one.