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How do these laws differ in other countries? Don't many European countries have similar provisions for guaranteeing access to witnesses?
by bluejekyll 10y ago
How do these laws differ in other countries? Don't many European countries have similar provisions for guaranteeing access to witnesses?
- _ak 10y agoThe wonders of modern technology allow witnesses to be interviewed remotely. Many courts actually do that.
- panzer_wyrm 10y agoNot quite. You can generally leave but must returned when summoned. You may have a interpol notice sent to your country if you refuse to come voluntarily.
- sqldba 10y agoWho pays for it and organises the visas and your work and stuff?
- panzer_wyrm 10y agoI guess you. Not the government.
- sandworm101 10y agoIt sounds worse than it is. Every country has some version. The example I use is from MyCousinVinny where the witness/fiance tries to walk out of the courtroom and the judge orders the bailiff to grab her. That sort of arrest is a near-universal power of judges. It only starts looking evil once that power is extended outside the courtroom.