New Jersey AJR32 allows prompt reports of sexual assault or employment discrimination to be admissible as a hearsay exception in court.

New Jersey AJR32 amends the Rules of Evidence to permit the jury to consider statements by a declarant relating to sexual assault or employment discrimination when the complaint was made spontaneously and voluntarily, within a reasonable amount of time after the crime had occurred, and to a person the victim ordinarily would turn to for support. This exception allows such statements to be admissible for assessing the credibility of the complainant, negating the inference that the victim’s initial delay or silence means the complaint was fabricated, and to explain the investigative process and.

New Jersey AJR32 allows prompt reports of sexual assault or employment discrimination to be admissible as a hearsay exception in court.

New Jersey AJR32 amends the Rules of Evidence to permit the jury to consider statements by a declarant relating to sexual assault or employment discrimination when the complaint was made spontaneously and voluntarily, within a reasonable amount of time after the crime had occurred, and to a person the victim ordinarily would turn to for support. This exception allows such statements to be admissible for assessing the credibility of the complainant, negating the inference that the victim’s initial delay or silence means the complaint was fabricated, and to explain the investigative process and.