Elizabeth Geddes

It comes down to whether or not the jury believes. I was going to say women, but it can be men as well. But for the jury to believe the individual who says that she has been or he has been trafficked in some way.

He was charged with operating a racketeering enterprise in connection with he committed various types of crimes, including sexual exploitation of minors and forced labor, among other acts.

He was charged with operating a racketeering enterprise in connection with he committed various types of crimes, including sexual exploitation of minors and forced labor, among other acts.

He was charged with operating a racketeering enterprise in connection with he committed various types of crimes, including sexual exploitation of minors and forced labor, among other acts.

Yeah, witness preparation in those cases is really challenging because generally speaking, the prosecutors and law enforcement agents want to avoid re-victimizing somebody who has already gone through extraordinary trauma. But at the end of the day, in order to prove up

Yeah, witness preparation in those cases is really challenging because generally speaking, the prosecutors and law enforcement agents want to avoid re-victimizing somebody who has already gone through extraordinary trauma. But at the end of the day, in order to prove up

Yeah, witness preparation in those cases is really challenging because generally speaking, the prosecutors and law enforcement agents want to avoid re-victimizing somebody who has already gone through extraordinary trauma. But at the end of the day, in order to prove up

the case, the prosecutor requires the witnesses to come in and take the stand and rehash for the jury in very vivid detail some of the worst days of their lives. It helps when there are multiple witnesses because

the case, the prosecutor requires the witnesses to come in and take the stand and rehash for the jury in very vivid detail some of the worst days of their lives. It helps when there are multiple witnesses because

the case, the prosecutor requires the witnesses to come in and take the stand and rehash for the jury in very vivid detail some of the worst days of their lives. It helps when there are multiple witnesses because

It's certainly true that there is safety in numbers, but it's the job of the prosecutor to make sure that the witness is prepared to talk about these very difficult matters in front of a jury and prepared for a cross-examination where it's the defense's job to question that witness and sometimes ask really difficult questions that itself can be extremely traumatic.

It's certainly true that there is safety in numbers, but it's the job of the prosecutor to make sure that the witness is prepared to talk about these very difficult matters in front of a jury and prepared for a cross-examination where it's the defense's job to question that witness and sometimes ask really difficult questions that itself can be extremely traumatic.

It's certainly true that there is safety in numbers, but it's the job of the prosecutor to make sure that the witness is prepared to talk about these very difficult matters in front of a jury and prepared for a cross-examination where it's the defense's job to question that witness and sometimes ask really difficult questions that itself can be extremely traumatic.

Yeah, certainly. There was a lot of publicity on the case. There were lots of reporters and fans who had their own view as to what was going on. And so there was incredible pressure on the witnesses involved. to come in and tell their story.

Yeah, certainly. There was a lot of publicity on the case. There were lots of reporters and fans who had their own view as to what was going on. And so there was incredible pressure on the witnesses involved. to come in and tell their story.

Yeah, certainly. There was a lot of publicity on the case. There were lots of reporters and fans who had their own view as to what was going on. And so there was incredible pressure on the witnesses involved. to come in and tell their story.

One thing that we did in that case was ask the court to let our witnesses testify using aliases so that they didn't have to tell the public their first and last name and subject them to additional scrutiny. So that was one small thing that we did to try to ease the burden on them. But even so, it was an incredible burden that they had to overcome.

One thing that we did in that case was ask the court to let our witnesses testify using aliases so that they didn't have to tell the public their first and last name and subject them to additional scrutiny. So that was one small thing that we did to try to ease the burden on them. But even so, it was an incredible burden that they had to overcome.

One thing that we did in that case was ask the court to let our witnesses testify using aliases so that they didn't have to tell the public their first and last name and subject them to additional scrutiny. So that was one small thing that we did to try to ease the burden on them. But even so, it was an incredible burden that they had to overcome.