S.3524: A bill to amend Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to prohibit cross-examination by the accused of minor victims of sexual assault.

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This bill amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to establish a procedure to prohibit pro se criminal defendants (defendants representing themselves without a lawyer) accused of sexual assault of a minor under age 18 from cross-examining the minor. Upon application by the prosecutor, the minor, or the minor's representative, the defendant is prohibited from conducting such a cross-examination unless the court finds that it is necessitated by...

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Dec. 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 8, 2016

Introduced in the Senate by Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

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