(snipped)Albany Bill Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution - NYTimes.com
Good article about no condoms as evidence legislation.
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- Also there’s this: ” Excluding certain types of evidence from criminal court is rare, but not unprecedented. One example is the rape shield law, which limits evidence or questions in rape trials about a complainant’s previous sexual conduct.” Mention of the rape shield law is ironic because rape shield law in NY state doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a prostitution related conviction in the last three years.
I snipped heaps of this because it’s being reblogged elsewhere by heapsa people and the link to the original is right up there, but, holy SHIT that piece of legislation. I can’t really comprehend it? At all? Fuck. one more time:
rape shield law in NY state doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a prostitution related conviction in the last three years.
rape shield law in NY state doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a prostitution related conviction in the last three years.
rape shield law in NY state doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a prostitution related conviction in the last three years.
rape shield law in NY state doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a prostitution related conviction in the last three years.
How did I not know about this and why isn’t there anything I can do to help?
In case anyone is wondering what this means? It means that a sex worker - past or current - who has been raped, will likely be subjected to character assassination and victim-blaming while they’re on the witness stand.
So basically, if you’re a dirty whore you deserve to be raped and it was your own fault.
Hopefully, I don’t need to explain all the ways in which this is horrifically fucked up.
Y’know….I honestly can’t say I’m surprised. Like…at all.
I live here, always have, and when people get blown away by how draconic some of the NYS/NYC laws are I just cry on the inside.
But this, this is horrendous.
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en que mardito año e que tamo, señore?
horrifying
¡Dónde está el Sindicato!
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