Rape Acquittal Tactics

	posted by Scott on Sunday January 06, @02:03PM from the false-accusations dept.
	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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Running dog or running dead? (Score:1) by Smoking Drive (homoascendens@ivillage.com) on Monday January 07, @05:17AM EST (#1) (User #565 Info) "[Lasch] said it would be preposterous to think that this woman, after knowing this man for only one to two hours, would consent to having sex with him." Not reported in that article was another of Lasch's gems: when Smith denied he had forcibly penetrated the women she retorts "So you are claiming she raped you!". One wonders whether Lasch was under the impression she had a jury of 18 year old virgins fresh out of a MacDworkinite gender studies class. She seemed to be playing the role of gender feminist attack dog rather than that of public prosecutor. I recall at the time some wondered out loud whether the prosecution had found a cunning way of running dead on the case. sd Those who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

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