California law and Micheal Jackson
SANTA MARIA, Calif.— A recent parade of witnesses who dredged up Michael Jackson's history with boys put the spotlight on a California law that allows prosecutors to bolster sex-crime cases with lurid stories from a defendant's past.
Upending decades of common law, the California Legislature agreed in 1995 that sex crimes against minors — which often pit the word of a child against that of an adult — were so hard to prove that admitting evidence of a defendant's past helped to even the playing field.
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Upending decades of common law, the California Legislature agreed in 1995 that sex crimes against minors — which often pit the word of a child against that of an adult — were so hard to prove that admitting evidence of a defendant's past helped to even the playing field.
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posted by forexdude at 4/27/2005 12:24:00 AM
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