The only surprise about this is that it took this long to be struck down. Tampering with the presumption of innocence and the right to put forward a defence is thin ice.
It’s about time, has been several costly cases in the UK thrown out of court in similar circumstances
“In an era when young adults are much more sexually active than in the past, a genuine mistake is a realistic rather than a remote possibility,” it observed.
Is this true? Thought studies, mainly American/uk, teens ain’t getting jiggy at all.
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Another loss for Helen McEntee. Shock
The only surprise about this is that it took this long to be struck down. Tampering with the presumption of innocence and the right to put forward a defence is thin ice.
It’s about time, has been several costly cases in the UK thrown out of court in similar circumstances
“In an era when young adults are much more sexually active than in the past, a genuine mistake is a realistic rather than a remote possibility,” it observed.
Is this true? Thought studies, mainly American/uk, teens ain’t getting jiggy at all.