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...we will be discussing an ancient bedrock legal concept which Americans used to use called: The Material Witness.
material witness n. a person who apparently has information about the subject matter of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution which is significant enough to affect the outcome of the case or trial. Thus, the court must make every reasonable effort to allow such a witness to testify, including a continuance (delay in a trial) to accommodate him/her if late or temporarily unavailable. link
- Of course children, these old ideas like rights to a fair trial or to call witnesses on your behalf, etc., are always subject to updating (see- renditioning, droning, et.al.). And these updates are needed more and more nowadays, whenever our government seeks to protect us further from the terrorists who are all around us and everywhere......
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