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It's a kind of trial of semantics almost. If she's allowed in court to point to him and say "he raped me", it undermines the trial.
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10 bucks says that the defendant's lawyer will most definitely use words like or similar to "slut", "promiscuous", "tramp", "tease", and so on. Do these words not undermine the trial as well?
If the case for the defendant is so strong, then her using "he raped me" should be of little value to the jury. I think that most people can make a reasonable judgment with the evidence provided, and that taking away wording only makes it tougher for *actual* rape victims to get justice through our court systems.
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Last edited by Push-Pull; 07-17-2007 at 03:20 AM..
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