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In Many Courtrooms, Bad Interpreters Can Mean Justice Denied
By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline
Patricia Michelsen-King was observing the proceedings in a Chesterfield, Virginia, courtroom a few years ago when a man shouted in Spanish from the back of the courtroom, “I didn’t rape anybody!”
Michelsen-King, who teaches Spanish interpretation at Virginia Commonwealth University, said the outburst was the result ...
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