survivors to get this. it s such an important point that you are making. because, even as we celebrate e. jean carroll s victory, it would be the wrong conclusion to say, well, everything is fine out for survivors. they can all get justice in court. nothing could be farther from the truth. so, in civil court, the price of an attorney, especially a great attorney like e. jean carroll had, is prohibitively expensive for most survivors. rape shield laws are very unevenly enforced in civil court. in the criminal sector, survivors often encounter poorly trained and overburdened police investigators who don t do the kind of investigations they need. and most of all, the one issue that i really think is worth focusing on is that in e. jean carroll s trial, other women were allowed to testify about similar crimes. that is a rarity that happened only because we were in federal court. the vast majority of states do not permit that kind of
to me i am getting advice from lawyers to the contract. that would be a problem but it is a problem that needs to be known by jack smith and the prosecutors now. before they bring charges so that they can resolve those things and have a clear picture of what trump knew about how wrong it was. there was no evidence of fraud and the plan of action was against the constitution. i want to also turn to another trump case, the civil trial that began this week. we heard emotional testimony so far. how have trump s attorneys including tried to refute carroll s rape defamation allegations. they have done two things. all which seem to me to be going back to maybe the 70s. things before rape shield laws existed. and it only takes one or to turn against the verdict for eugene carroll to win. i think it was extremely over
homophobic language on a radio program between 2006 and 2011. a crappy place filled with a bunch of, you know, semi literate keep it i just have zero sympathy for them or their culture, a culture where people don t use toilet paper or forks. obama would kick your ass playing basketball. of course he would. come on. he s black, he s a real brother. i don t know how black he is. carlson has not yet commented on the latest round of clips, but they were released a day after audio surfaced of him expressing disturbing views on child rape, rape shield laws and underage marriage. last night he said this the great american outrage machine is a remarkable thing. it is a bewildering moment especially when the quotes in question are more than a decade old. there is really not that much you can do to respond. it is pointless to try to explain how the words were spoken in jest or taken out of context or in any case bear no resemblance to what you actually
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give me a break. well, i wouldn t phrase it that way, but the consent becomes yes, you re conceding that it happened but it was consensual. that becomes the primary defense in almost any rape case. particularly in rape cases and sexual assault cases like this one. the challenge for the prosecuter is that there isn t any scientific evidence. the entire case will rise and fall on the testimony of the accuser who comes in there and points her finger at harvey weinstein. and because of that, it necessarily becomes an examination unfortunately into that accuser. her propensity for telling the truth. really, it s going to be these young women wanted to get a chance on the big screen and that was and they were the ones who pursued him? yes. we have rape shield laws that substantially protect attacking the character in specific instances of a victim or witness