北达科他州最高法院维持对Spencer Moen的无期徒刑判决, 允许幼童在妻子谋杀案上远程作证。 North Dakota's Supreme Court upheld Spencer Moen's life sentence, allowing young children to testify remotely in his wife's murder case.

北达科他州最高法院维持对Spencer Moen的无期徒刑,不得假释,确认他因殴打妻子Sonja Moen而被判2023年谋杀罪。 The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence without parole for Spencer Moen, affirming his 2023 murder conviction for the beating death of his wife, Sonja Moen. 2025年10月9日,法院裁定,允许两名5岁和5岁以下的幼儿通过视频远程作证并不违反Moen的宪法权利,即与证人对质,法院援引的心理评估表明,亲身作证会给他们造成创伤,并损害他们的沟通能力。 On October 9, 2025, the court ruled that allowing two young children—aged 5 and younger—to testify remotely via video did not violate Moen’s constitutional right to confront witnesses, citing psychological evaluations that showed in-person testimony would have traumatized them and impaired their ability to communicate. 法院认定,根据州法律,区法院的决定是合法的,因为州法律允许在儿童的福利受到威胁时进行远距离作证。 The court found the district court’s decision lawful under state law, which permits remote testimony when a child’s well-being is at risk. 裁决结束了Moen的上诉。 The ruling ends Moen’s appeal.