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Senate clears constitutional amendment to ease confrontation requirement for certain vulnerable witnesses
Summary
Senate Joint Resolution 9, a proposed Iowa constitutional amendment creating an exception to the confrontation clause to protect child witnesses and witnesses with intellectual or developmental disabilities, passed the Senate unanimously and will be placed before voters if it clears remaining legislative steps.
Senate Joint Resolution 9, which proposes amending the Iowa Constitution to create an exception to the Sixth Amendment confrontation right for children under 18 and witnesses with intellectual or developmental disabilities, passed the Senate unanimously on a roll call.
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