Consider that if these women came forward, then the corrupt justice system, that’s supposed to protect them, would dismiss or refute thier claims and leave them vulnerable to the powerful people they tried to expose.
They have to be believed AND protected from those they accuse, else they are just painting a target on their backs.
Women have already come forward and had their lives destroyed. If the general public believed them during their trials, or honestly, if they weren’t intimidated into dropping their case, this shit would already be in prison.
But the testimony of women is valued less by the justice system than the testimony of rich powerful men. That’s the problem. There is less trust in women overall, across the board in this patriarchal society.
That’s what the defense is supposed to be attempting in an adversarial trial system.
My current bias is that an adversarial system is a good way to actually achieve justice, but I’d be open to learning about non-adversarial criminal trials.
Consider that if these women came forward, then the corrupt justice system, that’s supposed to protect them, would dismiss or refute thier claims and leave them vulnerable to the powerful people they tried to expose.
They have to be believed AND protected from those they accuse, else they are just painting a target on their backs.
Women have already come forward and had their lives destroyed. If the general public believed them during their trials, or honestly, if they weren’t intimidated into dropping their case, this shit would already be in prison.
But the testimony of women is valued less by the justice system than the testimony of rich powerful men. That’s the problem. There is less trust in women overall, across the board in this patriarchal society.
You’re not wrong, but I think “rich” and “powerful” carry a hundred times the weight in that sentence as “men”.
That’s what the defense is supposed to be attempting in an adversarial trial system.
My current bias is that an adversarial system is a good way to actually achieve justice, but I’d be open to learning about non-adversarial criminal trials.