thatsnotme
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- Mar 5, 2021
Ok I've been lurking for way too long and I have to insert myself because this is personal to me and I have quite the knowledge on it, I've been in the same shoes as Mae.I still think tomorrow is going to be a pre-trial hearing and not the actual trial, and Mae probably won't need to be there until the trial itself.
The victim has to be present to tell her story so the defense can poke holes in it to create reasonable doubt, because that's where the judge will make the decision based off the live testaments and evidence shown in court to see if it's worth going to actual trial or not.
At this point, there is just the judge, the defender, the prosecution and people who want to watch in the courtroom. The victim can choose to either sit outside the courtroom or be in the office of the CAVAC (Centre d'Aide aux Victimes d'Actes Criminelles) if available.
Source: Well, I was a victim of SA in the province of Quebec and my case stopped at the pretrial.
And I'm going back to lurking.