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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rap|Mhann<M'V Vw» Staff I rilrr All eyes in the courtroom were fastened on the prosecution’s star witness when she took the stand in the sensational murder trial heard by a Rappahannock jury three weeks ago. The first question put to the distressed young woman drew an objection from the defense. As the lawyers met with the judge in chambers to resolve the legal technicality, Monique Dana, shaking uncontrollably, was left alone and vulnerable in the witness chair, unshielded from the antagonistic and inquisitive stares of jurors and audience.
But she wasn’t alone for long. Seconds after the lawyers exited with Judge *. Carlton Penn, Ms. Dana had a friend by her side, protecting her from the gaze of the curious, chatting casually in an effort to lighten the tension.
That friend was Irene ' Wodell, director of Loudoun County's Victim Witness Program. She’s on call 24 hour* a day to offer aid and comfort to victims of both violent and nont-violent crimes. She explains the intricacies of the criminal justice system to bewildered witnesses. She makes sure that the families of victims have food in the icebox and
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