Sex assault appeal in era of #MeToo

By John L. Hill (May 26, 2023, 10:17 AM EDT) -- While at lunch with a well-respected Ontario Superior Court judge, I asked the question, “What have you seen as being the biggest difference in judgments today than when you were first appointed?” I found his response somewhat surprising. “The biggest difference,” he explained, “is how difficult it is for an appellant charged with sexual assault to be acquitted on appeal since the #Me Too movement.”...

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