Relates to expanding the offenses to which a child witness may testify by use of closed-circuit television to include murder

This bill expands the use of closed-circuit television for child witnesses in criminal trials to include murder cases. It specifically adds murder in the first degree (section 125.27) and murder in the second degree (section 125.25) to the list of offenses where children can testify via closed-circuit TV instead of in person. The change directly affects children who are witnesses in murder prosecutions, allowing them to testify remotely to reduce trauma. The bill amends existing criminal procedure law to include these murder statutes under the existing provisions for child witnesses.