Rape Shield Laws and False Convictions: A rape shield law prevented Mike Tyson’s counsel from introducing evidence of prior false accusations, which could have demonstrated to the jury that the woman had a history of lying about sexual encounters.

NickRausch · 2012-01-02T03:34:17+00:00

There is a constitutional right to confront one's accuser. It is despicable the Supreme Court does not want to enforce it.

DevinV · 2012-01-02T08:51:29+00:00

Does anyone else find it curious how the accuser's past conduct cannot be dredged up but as we have seen in for example the DSK case, his history of womanizing which is tangentially related at best was harped on as if it were some sort of proof that he did it.

gdroxor · 2012-01-02T02:50:26+00:00

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