The Trial of Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard [1]
Canadian True Crime
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Why Women Should Be Suspect of False Sexual Assault Allegations
Believing girls and women who come forward to speak of their experiences doesn't mean that the person they're accusing is not entitled to the presumption of innocence. A 2017 investigation by Robin Doolittle for the Globe and Mail found false accusations only make up a small percentage of all sexual assault reports between two and eight percent. The police are the gatekeepers, and often the decision is made on nothing but the investigating officer's opinion. But as Sri Pradkar wrote for the Toronto Star, when it comes to believing women, all the phrase asks of us is to discard the propensity to not believe women simply because they are women.
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