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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

'Courtroom Dog' Helps Young Rape Victim Testify


Rosie comforts witnesses as the first judicially approved courtroom canine in New York

Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, was in the witness box here nuzzling a 15-year-old girl who was testifying that her father had raped and impregnated her. Rosie sat by the teenager's feet. At particularly bad moments, she leaned in.

When the trial ended in June with the father's conviction, the teenager "was most grateful to Rosie above all," said David A. Crenshaw, a psychologist who works with the teenager. "She just kept hugging Rosie."

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