It helps to love the law, as Justice Anne Molloy clearly does, in fraught cases such as this. The law pivots on a presumption of innocence even for those accused of sexual assault, just as it applies in any other criminal offence. “Although the slogan ‘Believe the victim’ has become popularized of late, it has no place in a criminal trial,” Molloy wrote. “That does not mean that AB was lying about these symptoms,” Molloy observed. “In particular, a woman who has been the victim of a sexual assault will not necessarily exhibit immediate symptoms of trauma.

Source: thestar August 09, 2017 21:12 UTC