How to stop witnesses from being treated like criminals in court
ABC journalist Louise Milligan is lobbying for change after experiencing the trauma of being a witness first-hand.
Despite legal protections in the Evidence Act to prevent questioning that intimidates, humiliates or insults witnesses, Louise Milligan faced an interrogation that she felt often veered into this territory without any intervention from the court.
ecades of courtroom experience, first as a law student and then as one of Australia's fiercest investigative journalists did not prepare Louise Milligan for her own turn in the witness stand.
