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It is now well recognised that victims of sexual offences may recount events differently at different times and to different audiences and that variations, gaps or ‘inconsistencies’ are not necessarily indicative of lying or unreliability. Incorporating this knowledge into the criminal trial now forms part of the wider reform agenda in a number of jurisdictions, including via recommended jury directions. This is now expressly reflected in provisions like s 54D of the Jury Directions Act 2015...

An independent inquiry into how the justice system handled rape allegations made by former Liberal Party staffer Brittany ...

Too many inexperienced and junior prosecutors are being thrown in at the deep end and asked to take ...

One of the oldest myths to confound the achievement of justice for victims of sexual violence is that ‘genuine’ rape victims complain immediately, loudly and officially. Dismantling this myth—or at least banishing it from the court room—has been a high priority of the modern era of rape/sexual assault law reform. How successful has this attempt been? This article reports on the initial findings of a transcript analysis study of more than 30 rape trials finalised in the County Court of Vi...

A major change to how people accused of rape use the consent defence in law is the “starting point” in reforming Ireland’s laws on sex offence...

Should be mostly irrelevant unless of course it is going to that individual and the accused in some way to actually, breaking down these barriers, making sure that rape trials and investigations are focused on the person who is being accused are not on the accuser, it is a very key change that is happening and i do need to give credit here to the crown prosecution service and to the government to have really sat up and listen to those really crucial reports that happened throughout 2021, the hom...

Nor to try to enshrine in law some more rights for victims. we know one thing that�*s already been piloted for example is the right for rape victims to prerecord evidence in rape trials. another thing we are expecting it is a government white paper, proposals for future laws on prisons, again to try to tackle drug use and smuggling in prisons. one thing we are expecting there is that governors in prisons may have more powers to take disciplinary action against drug use, so i think a couple of ...

Too many man in the world still seem to have the right to control remain in seeing their master concessions. which weve seen the widely reported wolfpack gotten rape trials in spain this year and there was the notorious gang attack on a danish tourist on indian public transport in 2015 when we read about these sorts of cases we wonder are they aberrations or is there something about the way these men or wider society is view women. we know that in all countries all settings and everywhere there ...

She was composed. she was up there for two days. seven hours of questions and she held her ground. but there were a lot of inconsistencies and there are things in rape trials or sexual assault trials that jurors dont like, like the contact afterwards. and other inconsistencies in her testimony. >> what will be his legal teams strategy do you think? what will they be doing? >> i think theyre really going to concentrate on false memories as far as the timing and how long it took. and inconsistent ...

Been tried in the adult court. if they were convicted in the adult court of these charges, they would be spending many years in an adult prison. but the court made the decision to keep this matter in the juvenile court. >> the judge told the court that if the teens show signs of rehabilitation quickly they could spend less time in detention. lets turn now to criminal defense attorney anne bremner in seattle. good to see you. one has to wonder if not for the use of social media, texting, photos, ...