Schlagwort: courts
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Christine Thomas: Rape on Trial
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 31-32] Carnal Knowledge – Rape on Trial, by Sue Lees. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1996, £20hbk. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. In August this year Julia Mason endured six days of cross-examination in court by the man who had raped her. Waiving anonymity in order to speak out she said…
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Phil Clarke: OJ jurors find US justice system guilty
[Socialism Today, No 3, November 1995, p. 6] The vast media coverage of the OJ Simpson trial sucked viewers and readers into discussion within the terms presented in the court soap opera – did he, or did he not, do it? Many got confused about where their sympathies lay in answering that question. On the…