Provincial court Judges in Newfoundland and Labrador will now undergo mandatory training regarding sexual assault cases. The news comes as Justice Minister John's Hogan appoints two new provincial court judges.
Lawyers for RNC officer Doug Snelgrove, who was convicted of sexual assault last year, are asking the Court of Appeal to rule that he was unfairly found guilty after a jury was improperly instructed.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a teenage boy accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, concluding that the trial judge relied on rape myths in her decision to acquit him.
A St. John's activist says she has repeatedly petitioned government for reform on sexual violence in the wake of the Doug Snelgrove trials, and has yet to see meaningful policy change to prevent sexual violence.
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