Ched Evans

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4 hours ago, kaosmark2 said:

Rape victims getting more quizzed about their sexual history in court in the aftermath of Ched Evans' appeal:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rape-victims-being-quizzed-about-their-sexual-history-in-court-a7563506.html

So disgusting. I said when the appeal came through that I'd trust in the courts' judgement, but I was very wary of the fact her sexual history had been used as evidence for the impact of precedent, and it seems it's becoming so. Sigh.

I find it difficult to condemn someone who feels they have been falsely accused of rape for going down this route if they think it's the difference between a guilty and not guilty verdict.

At the same time it's up to the law to look at things from a distance. Changing the law seems to be a sensible option in this case.

[kaosmark2]

An interesting article by the secret barrister about the flaws of the law of section 41 as written:

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2017/02/09/the-rape-shield-bill-is-well-intentioned-meaningless-and-dangerous/

Basically to say that it's very unclear, with limited definition and scope, which is either incredibly useless or so broad as to be dangerous.