Rape Acquittal Tactics

frank h writes "This story is a reflective on the William Kennedy Smith rape trial and acquittal in 1991. I don't remember much about the trial, but based on what I read here, the acquittal seems justified. However, what I really want to point out is that the defense used an interesting tactic to "...get around [rape shield] laws "by using ordinary language" that contingently constructs, rather than merely reflects," issues of consent, force and sexual history..." I submit this because it seems to me that this is the dawn of the new assault by the feminists on the due process afforded men accused of rape. This is something we ought to watch and react to if it happens. Perhaps we ought to take some pre-emptive action and write, including a copy of this and any current articles on false accusations, to legislators at the state level."

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