Why are US police so violent towards everybody? Are they afraid? Insecure? Misogynists? Wannabe-army? What’s wrong with them? The police in the UK would never handle a sober, non-aggressive, non-violent suspect in this manner, let alone another member of an emergency service. In the UK this would be big news, and…

I’ll stick to the weekend do-whatever-the-fuck-I-want

Yes, this directly competes to your Miata in every possible aspect. Hell, it may kill off the Miata. Enjoy it while you can. You should be terrified by the performance and appeal of the Hyundai Elantra GT.

I have already commented on some replies below, here’s some background:

What sank these women wasn’t their memories, unless you actually believe that they “forgot” some pretty crucial details like giving a handjob to their alleged assailant or repeatedly pursuing a romantic relationship with their assailant. What sank them as witnesses was their withholding that information from the…

Holy fuck, if you are accusing someone of something, and you are testifying against them, then yes, you subject yourself to having your credibility questioned and ripped apart. Either learn about the legal system or don’t make dumb comments.

“unless they waited until about five minutes before she took the stand to meet with her for the very first time”

“But seriously, if a witness for the prosecution is never prepped, and as a result are caught totally offguard on the stand and then the prosecutor leaves them out there in no-man’s-land with their ass hanging in the air (i.e., don’t raise any objections, or otherwise try to rehabilitate their testimony on redirect),…

All I’m going to say is read the verdict. If you don’t have any doubts about that particular witness’s credibility, I don’t know what to say. You clearly are of the mindset that there can be no such thing as reasonable doubt in any case that involves only witness testimony. The accused is always guilty. Messages like…

The witnesses weren’t on trial, their testimony was. They lied and got caught lying. End of story.

A lot of people seem to be blaming the Crown here, without having seen the Judge’s decision.

It actually doesn’t and the defense lawyer in this very case even commented to the media that it didn’t matter. Any expert witness will come in and testify that this is common behavior in victims as they try to normalize the assault/rationalize it away. Per Ghomeshi's lawyer:

Having read the entire 26 page decision it wasn’t their memory on trial. It was their attempts to withhold information and colluding with each other than made the judge decide they were not credible witnesses and there was reasonable doubt. For those that didn’t follow the trial I suggest you read the verdict.

While I see your point isn’t there a risk in allowing inconsistencies and omissions when the witness account is literally the only evidence? If you’re accused of something and the accuser cannot keep their story straight but the jury is told inability to keep their story straight is further evidence the crime took…

Post-incident conduct — that term has come to haunt me. When I was concerned about emails with Jian, they were emails from before [the assault]. I wasn’t even thinking about after because I didn’t think it mattered — because it shouldn’t matter. Now I understand that it matters because it measures your memory. I…

People on this site could read literally anything as evidence of rape. If one person says “I didn’t do it” and the other says “you did” how are you supposed to tell who is telling the truth except by seeing who’s story makes the most sense? The women’s story in this case was riddled with holes, but Jezebel has to…

I mean, I understand how people can be sexually assaulted/raped by someone they know and “compartmentalize” it, then continue on as if nothing happened somewhat. But to not think comments/actions made like this = “I didn’t know my memory was on trial” is a bit troubling. Absent audio or video, THAT’S exactly what’s on…

She lies so much she’s even lying after the trial about when she talked to the police. There is no way the police never told her that her statement was under oath and could be used.

These women have let everyone down by lying under oath. And that fuck goes free.

Are you kidding? Your telling me that you go to the police, make a statement in the hopes that your alleged rapist will be charged and eventually go to court, and you didn’t realize your statement would be used in said course?

This is what confuses me: