As I said on another thread, I am sincerely doubtful that even if the jury were prejudice, I don't think twelve random people would be able to set said their views rather than knowingly release a potential serial killer. Put in contrast, Israel and Iran often set aside their hatred for the same reason in the context…

You are preaching to the choir on that one. I know very well as the white side of my family are openly racist, though mostly it is because of the bad divorce. However, when I achieved significant positions of privilege, I had other relatives say, "you only got that job because you are an Indian."

It is a heated issue, so everyone has a valid opinion. I admit I come across callous and cold, but that is because it is the only way to stay sane. Also jumping to conclusions or trying someone via social media is a recipe for a miscarriage of justice.

If this were a philosophical/sociological seminar I would love to discuss ad nauseam how race, class and gender impact the justice system. I don't think anyone here denies racism exists in our society. The problem is inserting "social science evidence" to fill evidentiary gaps in a specific case.

I am Aboriginal and I have practiced criminal law, including having defended many alleged rapists. Your buzz words/phrases such as "rape culture", "rape apologist" are rote and completely meaningless. Nothing from what I posted on this thread or others on this same article disclose favouring rape. Rather I prefer to…

followed by a bunch of statistics and drivel about how women subjegate men. Oh and that nobody on Earth (least of all women) can possibly know as much as he does.

Talk to any experienced trial lawyer... Experts on jury dynamics have written on gender, race and class in jury trials. There is a consensus that if you are a man on trial for an alleged rape/domestic in a "he said/she said" case, you want a gaggle of women on the jury. The reasoning is women tend to be more…

In all fairness a competent authority concluded that no crime was committed. Until there is actual evidence of prejudice, it is unfair to go behind the verdict and try this dude again via social media.

I don't dispute that this man was "probably guilty." Your reference to aggravated sexual assault is legally correct, but the facts are next to impossible to prove. I can speak to this as a raging alcoholic. Back in law school I played "breathalyser games" with my poker buddies (I actually purchased an accurate alcohol…

I don't follow on the courts being closed? There are publications bans in sexual assault cases. However, these laws were enacted on the intense lobbying of women's groups, including NWAC.

I am an Aboriginal man and we are statistically murdered at a much higher rate. Even the Executive Director of the Native Women's Association of Canada conceded this fact on record (http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/…)

The verdict does not mean that the "defence" worked. There was no defence per se. Rather the forensic evidence did not establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In Canada, there is a process when dealing with the standard of proof. In order for there to be a conviction, the trier of fact must be convinced that (1)…

Did you follow the case at all? He was acquitted because the Crown failed to meet its standard of proof. The suggestion that it is because of some mystical "rape culture" is without any evidentiary basis. The forensic evidence was weak and there was no proof of intent. Even in the US, you guys have the same requisite…

I am Aboriginal and I followed this case. One must not lose sight that the jury verdict is not a finding of "innocence"; a verdict of not guilty simply means that the Crown failed to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This was a case rife with reasonable doubt and I sincerely doubt that her ethnicity or chosen…

Cross-gender searches are permitted on men (but not women) for Canadian prisoners. That issue was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Weatherall v. Canada decision. The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), the rough equivalent of NOW in the US submitted a consolidated amicus brief from dozens of…

So I ask again, how would you have it? I am fully aware the burden of proof is lower. Nonetheless do you automatically believe every woman who comes forward? If that is the case, the burden of proof is irrelevant.

As funny as it sounds, that tactic has been used (i.e. withint 1 km of a place where it could reasonably be expected that minors would congregate, and Tim Horton's is apparently such a place!)

The two issues are not mutually exclusive. Who decides what type of criminality should be worthy of expulsion? Even a "rape" conviction can backfire. Would you support an expulsion for the woman I used in the example in my post? Probably not!

Why should a criminal conviction result in expulsion? It is problematic that a criminal record can hold someone back even where the record is unrelated to nature of the benefit being withheld. It disproportionately impacts young, black and Latino males. Why should a record for drug trafficking impact one's ability to…

There is merit to the argument that school authorities should not be permitted to have their own judicial system. Regardless of the motivation of FratPAC, I tend to support having the state deal with violent crime, which clearly includes sexual assaults. The internal disciplinary process is an injustice to the accused…