There is a “carefully calibrated process by which we try sexual crimes. Very few areas of law have been given as much careful consideration by legislators.” Breese Davies’ article explains the error of the popular myths. “The trial process, including the right to test the complainant’s evidence, is the only protection an accused person has against being wrongfully labelled and sentenced as a sex offender.”
Calls to make it ‘easier’ to secure convictions in cases of sexual assault are dangerously antithetical to basic tenets of our justice system
Source: Convicting Jian Ghomeshi will be hard — for good reason | Toronto Star