The victims rights movement was borne out of feminists pointing out, correctly, that the justice system did not take victims of sexual assault seriously at all and treated them like shit. But overtime, this correct critique of the justice system was used as an excuse to over criminalize and mass incarcerate a lot of people who had nothing to do with women's assaults. It just ended up being another vehicle to lengthen sentences and make the jusan system more retributive 100%. So the thing that this sort of hooks into with victims bills of rights, it's not about sexual assault. And actually, i went back and found text of this was proposition eight. Weirdly, fittingly, proposition
The Twinkie Defense has become a shorthand for disingenuous legal defense strategies. But was it disingenuous? (Yes, but not in the way you think!)
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