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Ruth Money: Chief Victims Advisor on whether juries need to be scrapped from sexual violence trials
Manage episode 492034824 series 2098282
The Chief Victims Advisor says scrapping juries from sexual violence trials could result in more fact-based verdicts.
Ruth Money believes it would be better for survivors - in part because judges must give reasoning for their verdict.
The idea's received some pushback, with one legal expert arguing jury trials are a foundation of the justice system.
Money says jurors enter a court with bias, and mightn't understand nuances of sexual assault.
"I've had survivors say to me - look, I was slammed around that courtroom like a tennis ball, I was rape-mythed, I was shamed, I was blamed."
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Manage episode 492034824 series 2098282
The Chief Victims Advisor says scrapping juries from sexual violence trials could result in more fact-based verdicts.
Ruth Money believes it would be better for survivors - in part because judges must give reasoning for their verdict.
The idea's received some pushback, with one legal expert arguing jury trials are a foundation of the justice system.
Money says jurors enter a court with bias, and mightn't understand nuances of sexual assault.
"I've had survivors say to me - look, I was slammed around that courtroom like a tennis ball, I was rape-mythed, I was shamed, I was blamed."
LISTEN ABOVE
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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