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Complainants in sexual assault trials are not to be granted 'better footing' than any other witness or complainant

from Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers

Complainants in sexual assault trials are not to be granted 'better footing' than any other witness or complainant Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers In a recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court, Justice Copeland rejected a Crown appeal of an acquittal based on grounds that the trial judge had relied on stereotypes and myths about sexual assault. In the case of R. v. Solomon, 2020 ONSC 2640 the Crown unsuccessfully argued that the trial judge misapplied the law of consent and employed myths about how victims should behave but it was found that, when the reasons were viewed as a whole, the judge’s words had been taken out of context. READ MORE

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