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As knowledge expands, judges are becoming aware that the system of laws, courts, procedures, and traditions that has been developed does not always deal fairly with all persons who become involved as accused adults or juveniles. Justice in Canada is a verbal system dependent on language, visual perception, and memory. If these qualities are defective, then justice, truth, and fairness to the handicapped witness or accused will suffer.
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Varcoe, J.B. (1984). Learning Disabilities and the Court. In: Carmi, A., Chigier, E., Schneider, S. (eds) Disability. Medicolegal Library, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82278-0_7
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