SPEAKING UP FOR A CHILD: ADULT VOLUNTEERS MAKE COURT APPEARANCES IN PLACE OF CHILD
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Sunday, August 5, 2001
The wooden hallway benches fill up by 9:30 a.m. as people enter the Common Pleas Courthouse and wait for their scheduled appearance before a judge. The noise level rises and falls as more people enter through the double doors off Lorimier Street and search for a seat.
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