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23-01-2007
Sign language interpreters excluded from legislation
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 Florida, USA (JDR): For those who don't speak English in Jacksonville, the court system is overwhelming enough. Are they getting interpreters who can speak up for them fairly and accurately? […] The lack of guidelines can hurt some of the most vulnerable people in the legal system, according to Sharon Caserta, an attorney who heads Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s Deaf & Hearing Legal Advocacy Program. Caserta’s job is to help deaf people who need legal representation, but haven’t sought it because they only communicate with American Sign Language (ASL). She said a Florida statute that passed in July will create specific requirements, which take effect in 2008, for all spoken language court interpreters – but not ASL interpreters.
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