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Tact is Just Not Saying True Stuff (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} vorpal_blade) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunnybusiness, |
"Unless the complainant can sit in the witness chair and point the finger, there is no case."
Doesn't the accuser have to get there first, intact? This is why, immediately after a rape, the victim should be deposed and the deposition should be admissible in court no matter what happens to the victim after that. This is permitted with kids who've experienced trauma and it should be permitted with adults who've experienced trauma, too.
Oh, and some counseling for someone who'd gone through what she did wouldn't hurt. It sounds like she was dealing with both the aftermath of the attack and the harassment all by herself. She needed to be away from any toxic people who wanted to pressure her into changing her mind about the charges or at least talking regularly to someone who could have advised her on dealing with those harassing her or who could have advocated for her to others to help stop the harassment.
What year is this again? 1870?
Doesn't the accuser have to get there first, intact? This is why, immediately after a rape, the victim should be deposed and the deposition should be admissible in court no matter what happens to the victim after that. This is permitted with kids who've experienced trauma and it should be permitted with adults who've experienced trauma, too.
Oh, and some counseling for someone who'd gone through what she did wouldn't hurt. It sounds like she was dealing with both the aftermath of the attack and the harassment all by herself. She needed to be away from any toxic people who wanted to pressure her into changing her mind about the charges or at least talking regularly to someone who could have advised her on dealing with those harassing her or who could have advocated for her to others to help stop the harassment.
What year is this again? 1870?
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