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Words were censored by judge at trial

by Angeline Booher Jul 16, 2007 5:01AM PDT

A Nebraska judge who had ordered the victim of a sexual assault to describe the encounter for the jury as "sex" instead of "rape" now has called a mistrial in the criminal case.

At the earlier trial, the words "victim" and "assailant" also were banned, and Bowen said her testimony was tainted because she had to stop before responding to each question to review her response for banned words.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56662

The accused deserves a fair trial. But the censorship by the judge tilts the scales so heavily for the accused that the accuser is denied a proper presentation of her case.

Angeline
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This is yet another foolish event

by dirtyrich Jul 16, 2007 7:04AM PDT

arising from the anti-male bias that some in the woman's lib movement have created over the past 20 years.

The judge's decision to bar the usage of "rape," while ridiculous, was simply an attempt to rebalance the scales in a situation that already heavily favored the prosecution.
The woman says she has no recollection of the actual intercourse, but claims that the defendant had to know her state of mind when they had sex.
With this setup there is practically no burden of proof on the prosecution other than to prove the two had sex, unfortunately it is upon the defense to prove that the woman consented at the time.

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(NT) CORRECT !!

by duckman Jul 16, 2007 9:05AM PDT

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