When a minor child is sexually assaulted, they have to face their attacker(s) in court. Our United States constitution reads that if you're accused of a crime, you have a right to face your accuser. This seems fair until you apply it to a child who is attacked. When a child tells someone they were attacked, the child legally becomes the accuser. Meaning they have to relive their trauma over and over until the court is satisfied. 

Child molesters are aware of this clause in our constitution and use it to commit atrocities against our kids over and over again. They already know that chances are the kids are going to break down in court. They're the only criminals who don't fear prosecution.

Everyone is affected by this problem. The future of our kids is at risk. Without laws in place to protect our children we are all to blame. 

When a child is assaulted, most parents call the police. The police interview the child and usually the interview is videotaped. The video can be used in place of the child's testimony. Unfortunately, the police and the non-offending parents don't have the power to prosecute child molesters.

The information is passed along to the District Attorney. Only the District Attorney can press charges against criminals. Children who do go to court and face their attackers are re-traumatized repeatedly. Most of the time, individuated and terrorized by facing their attacker, these children break down in court and won't point out the person who terrorized them.

District Attorneys won't prosecute cases they can't win. 

The solution is to allow the videotaped interview with the police and the minor child to be introduced as evidence. We can allow the non-offending parents or guardians to be the accusers. 

When a minor child gets in trouble with the law, the parents speak for them. When a minor child gets in trouble at school, the parents speak for them. When a minor child misses too much school, the parents speak for them. 

When a minor child gets sexually assaulted, the parents should be able to speak for them. Let the parents be the accusers. Leave the kids out of the courtroom.

If this petition becomes a law, the police can actually arrest these vicious criminals. Our kids will start trusting the police again. Our District Attorneys will be able to prosecute child molesters and actually win cases.

Please sign to make this law a reality. Help protect our kids!

~Morgan's Law #FYP