They didn’t get “whacked”, at least not in the traditional sense. They were not questioned in cross about their sexual experiences, or medical histories, or whether they had previously been assaulted or how they responded to these alleged assaults. They were subjected to rigorous cross as to their truthfulness and…

I fully agree with you about what appears to have been the Crown’s sub-optimal performance, although it is entirely possibly that the witnesses told them something completely different to what they then said on the stand. But please do not refer to a seriously skilled lawyer as a “wolverine”. The sexism that has been…

I am a woman lawyer in Toronto and I followed every second of the trial as it was live-blogged, as did many of my colleagues. Anyone who thinks a conviction would have been the correct *legal* outcome of this trial is , quite simply, wrong.