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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

You're going to need a lot more than just I'm afraid of covid to get out of being in person for a trial. People with actual fears of being killed for testimony, still appear in person. At this point with vaccines making any serious complications nearly impossible for covid, it's a really desperate attempt to avoid attending.

[-] Pazuzu@midwest.social 75 points 1 year ago

I was a juror last year for a civil case, half the witnesses were cross examined over zoom before the days of the trial and played back for us. The judge made it explicitly clear that we were to take remote testimony the same as any others done in person

This isn't a criminal trial with Gabe Newell as the defendant, it's a civil trial against the company Valve.

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