La. Senate advances bill to allow separate courtroom seating

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's Senate has approved a proposal allowing crime victims, crime witnesses or their family members to request courtroom seating separate from defendants, defendants' family members or defense witnesses.
    
Sen. J.P. Morell, a New Orleans Democrat, says his bill is meant to protect the people "most vulnerable to intimidation."
    
In particular, he says the measure would protect victims of domestic violence, who must t