Illinois HB2626 allows child victims and those with severe intellectual or developmental disabilities to testify outside the courtroom via.

Illinois HB2626 modifies the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow child victims and individuals with moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities to testify outside the courtroom. Their testimony is shown in the courtroom via closed-circuit television. The court must find that this arrangement does not prejudice the defendant. The defendant can communicate with the victim via electronic means. There is a rebuttable presumption that children under 13 testify outside the courtroom.

Illinois HB2626 allows child victims and those with severe intellectual or developmental disabilities to testify outside the courtroom via.

Illinois HB2626 modifies the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow child victims and individuals with moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities to testify outside the courtroom. Their testimony is shown in the courtroom via closed-circuit television. The court must find that this arrangement does not prejudice the defendant. The defendant can communicate with the victim via electronic means. There is a rebuttable presumption that children under 13 testify outside the courtroom.