15 April, 2018

Jammersy comments on Have you guys heard of "stealthing"?

Jammersy comments on Have you guys heard of "stealthing"?:




First, "innocent until proven guilty" and "believe the victim" don't conflict, and I'll tell you why. They refer to different audiences and parts of the process.
In order for evidence to be collected and for victims to be treated appropriately for trauma, investigators, counselors, medical professionals, and the support network of the victim should behave as if the victim is telling the truth. Assuming otherwise leads to retrauma, which can undermine the victim's ability to be a competent witness for the prosecution, and can impair the collection of evidence. It's a perverse self-fulfilling cycle when disbelief prevents proper investigation and results in a failure to prosecute.
But in order to preserve the rights of the accused, the police, defense attorney, judge, and general public must treat the accused as innocent until proven otherwise.
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