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03-25-2016, 02:31 AM
How the Jian Ghomeshi verdict illustrates rape culture in action
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Of more than one dozen men and women who have accused former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi of assault (http://globalnews.ca/news/1647091/timeline-***-assault-allegations-arise-after-cbc-fires-jian-ghomeshi/), three testified in court against him during a week-long criminal trial in Toronto, Canada, in February.*
They were ultimately unsuccessful.*
A judge found Ghomeshi **t guilty on Thursday of four counts of ***ual assault and one count of overcoming resistance to *** assault by choking. The judge, William B. Horkins, said Ghomeshi had to be acquitted mainly due to "inconsistencies" in the testimonies of the alleged victims.
Though Justice Horkins was in a sense hamstrung by the high burden of proof required by criminal law in alleged rape cases, his 26-page judgment (http://www.ontariocourts.ca/en/24Mar16.pdf)*is still instructional.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/jian-ghomeshi-rape-culture/)
More about Justice (http://mashable.com/category/justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), *** Assault (http://mashable.com/category/***-assault/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rape (http://mashable.com/category/rape/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Ygm6xXF6f3s
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Of more than one dozen men and women who have accused former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi of assault (http://globalnews.ca/news/1647091/timeline-***-assault-allegations-arise-after-cbc-fires-jian-ghomeshi/), three testified in court against him during a week-long criminal trial in Toronto, Canada, in February.*
They were ultimately unsuccessful.*
A judge found Ghomeshi **t guilty on Thursday of four counts of ***ual assault and one count of overcoming resistance to *** assault by choking. The judge, William B. Horkins, said Ghomeshi had to be acquitted mainly due to "inconsistencies" in the testimonies of the alleged victims.
Though Justice Horkins was in a sense hamstrung by the high burden of proof required by criminal law in alleged rape cases, his 26-page judgment (http://www.ontariocourts.ca/en/24Mar16.pdf)*is still instructional.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/jian-ghomeshi-rape-culture/)
More about Justice (http://mashable.com/category/justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), *** Assault (http://mashable.com/category/***-assault/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rape (http://mashable.com/category/rape/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Ygm6xXF6f3s