Her poise did not disguise her youth. Articulate as she was, one could not help but feel her insecurities. She was introduced as the interpreter for her step-father. Her first confident words were “I don’t think I can do this, but I will try. I don’t understand any of this.”
The judge was not dissuaded. This was not the defendant’s first time in front of her in this case. The last continuance was granted because he insisted he needed an interpreter. He was instructed to get one at his own expense. The hearing would go on.
It was not a simple case. There were fatalities, uncertainties surrounding the sequence of events, expert witness testimony, depositions in three different languages, three different interpreters, reports. She stood by her step-father and did her best, requesting numerous repetitions, explanations, clarifications. She did not give up.
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