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inlawrev-2742	Burke, Susan	Indiana's Statutory Provisions for Alternative Testimony in Child Sex Abuse Cases: Is It Live or Is It Memorex?	1987	22	.pdf	application/pdf	10125	496	60	When the defendant in Hopper raised this argument, however, the court noted that the incompetence of children under ten who are unable to understand the nature and obligation of an oath pertains only to in-court testimony, not to out-of-court statements/^ In addition, however logically incon- sistent this position may seem, finding child witnesses to be unavailable because they are incompetent to testify, in order to admit their state- ments, appears to be an increasingly accepted position. According to a leading article on the protection of child victims in the criminal justice system: The fact is that psychiatrists all over the world repeatedly warn that legal proceedings are not geared to protect the [child] victim's emotions and may be exceptionally traumatic^ ^ . . .	cache/inlawrev-2742.pdf	txt/inlawrev-2742.txt