The little girl hadn’t spoken since the night her mother was found on the kitchen floor! Then the court dog lowered his head-and she whispered one sentence toward the defense table…

stand after lunch. She had spent twenty years working with child trauma, child witnesses, and courtroom accommodations. She wore no jewelry except a wedding band and spoke in clear language that neither flattered the State nor scolded the defense.

“Young children often remember traumatic events in sensory pieces,” she told the jury. “Sound, color, a continue reading …