Anonymous Solves a Rape Case

The justice system is best known as a pursuit for the truth. It is managed by humans so, it is inevitable not to make errors such as ones that will lead an innocent to be wrongfully convicted. Such a scenario is the David Milgaard case where he supposedly raped and murdered a woman named Gail Miller but really, the foundations of justice were tampered with. The Canadian justice system failed terribly, dismissed millions of dollars and banished the citizens certainty in the system. Most importantly, this even diminished 20 years of a man’s life.

Today most people would tell you that the stocks, pillory and other tools of public punishment are barbaric. We’ve moved passed them, having figured out more humane ways to deal with crime. Why, then, the resurgence of public shaming, namely the mainstream acceptance of the “dox,” which, in its purest form, is the digging up of a target’s personal information—name, phone number, address, Social Security number, familial relationships, financial history—and exposing it online to encourage harassment from others? This practice has gradually been popularized by Anonymous, the amorphous collective of trolls and “hacktivists” that alternately terrorize tween girls and disable government websites.

Sexual assault is one of the most challenging issues that must be dealt with within the Canadian legal system. Sexual assault is defined as sexual activity inflicted upon someone without their given consent. In order for a sexual assault to be eligible for that title, a person committing sexual acts must continue to engage without the consent of the other person. Sexual assault is also heavily related to the rape myths that exist within society and these are the decisive factors when resolving a sexual assault case. These rape myths generally target the victim of sexual assault blaming them for the actions that occurred. The first case involving consent and rape myths to ever reach the Supreme Court of Canada to be resolved is the case of

Among the many differing cases of wrongfully convicted Canadians, the case of Guy Paul Morin is very interesting. There were many issues that caused an innocent man from Queensville, Ontario to be convicted of the murder of Christine Jessop. We’re going to look at how the police failed to conduct a thorough investigation, how the court system failed, and how cases like this can be preventing in the future.

Andrea, a Cuban America, who was a student at University of North Carolina (UNC) was sexually assaulted at an on-campus party. She recalls her head being banged up against the wall. Talking with friends, she found out that many other people were raped the same weekend she was. She did not want to talk about it, or admit that it happened. She had nightmares frequently.

The Canadian Justice System is built on the principal of the presumption of innocence where emphasis is placed on on ensuring that the innocent go free rather than the guilty being convicted (Huff, 2013). However, miscarriages of justice occur when an individual is wrongfully conviction, and such an occurrence tarnishes the system’s reputation greatly (Campbell & Denov, 2005). According to the edited case files presented by Moldaver (2009), Romeo Phillion was wrongly convicted of the murder of an Ottawa firefighter, Leopold Roy in 1972. Roy had been stabbed on August 9th of 1967, four and a half years prior to when Phillion had been charged with the crime in 1972 after confessing to the murder while in police custody. Despite recanting the confession immediately, the relatively short trial led to a guilty verdict but after investigations decades later, it determined that the prosecutor 's misconduct had led to the miscarriage of justice (Anderson, 2008). After a series of appeals and references, the case was reopened in 2009 which led to the conviction being overturned, and a new trial ordered whereby the Crown had withdrawn the murder charge because of the lack of reasonable prospect of conviction (Harland-Logan, 2014). Nevertheless, Phillion’s proven innocence after his 31 years of incarceration made him the longest-serving wrongfully convicted prisoner in Canadian history (Anderson, 2008). With this considered, the wrongful conviction of Romeo Phillion had been due to

WJZ reported the victim was able to give detailed descriptions of her attackers and police have released the information, hoping that people will come forward with any information they have to capture the men.

His mother, outraged, criticized how the school handled a child with difficulties as her son has changed from this ordeal (Nasser, 2017). While these responses are not a concern with many educational institutions, it is still an issue that should be addressed as students are having to suffer. This carelessness can cause a great deal of harm to students and it is because of this lack of support that there are already instances where people have already been caused distress. There is bias present in the article that supports Stephanie Hale’s case which can be seen by how the information is relayed. It focuses primarily on how Hale was negatively impacted by the events, reaching out to the reader’s sympathy, as well as UBC’s lack of care. There were no quotations taken directly from the university to provide their own explanation, merely information stated mostly by the victim. Hale’s poor health and education was repeated to display the inadequacy of her experience and the article included the possibility of discrimination against her without verifying with the school. While the Globe and Mail contributed in giving the necessary information, it emphasized the need of modifying the sexual assault policy in a

On June 9th 1959, a twelve year old girl by the name of Lynne Harper was walking around her neighbourhood until she encountered a young boy from school, Steven Truscott who gave her a bicycle ride home. Once he dropped her off home and went off, she was abducted, two days later her body was found, she had been raped and strangled. By the reason of several witnesses spotting Steven and Lynne together, the Ontario police wrongly convicted him for committing murder. Steven Truscott was a 14 year old boy, who was popular, athletic, he had no behavioral issues and no criminal past. However the Ontario police did not take time to consider the fact that Steven Truscott was just a normal teenage boy, instead they jumped to conclusions and prosecuted

Imagine being raped and no one can hear you scream for help. Imagine telling someone about the incident and no punishments were received. Meet Christy Brzonkala a freshman at Virginia Tech that was raped by two individuals. Ms. Brzonkala started off by going to state court to testify against Mr. Morrison and Mr. Crawford explaining to the judge and the people that those two gentlemen had sexual intercourse without giving them permission. Since the incident happened in Virginia, the case was held there and not in Pennsylvania. Mr. Morrison even admitted that he had sexual intercourse with her when she repeatedly stated “no”. The punishments Mr. Morrison and Mr. Crawford received were unacceptable and very disappointing. Mr. Morrison was only kicked out of the school and later was allowed to come back because of technical error that occurred. Mr. Crawford did not receive any punishment because he had an alibi, which resulted in him being innocent because there was not enough information on him. This led Ms. Bronzkala to go to federal court against Mr. Morrison and Virginia Tech because she claimed the school did not handle

The Steubenville and Glen Ridge rape cases are two very similar cases. The perpetrators were football student athletes with promising futures and the victims were teenage girls whose capability of consenting to the acts done to them were questioned. One of the victims was seventeen-years old and had an intelligence quotient of 64 and the reading comprehension of a second grader. The second victim was sixteen-years old and was publicly assaulted while she was completely intoxicated. This paper will discuss each victim and their perpetrators, as well as the trial sentencing and prosecution. It will explore the different reactions from the community and the debate over the victim’s responsibility leading towards the incident. In both rape

There are only one percent of rape accusations that are false. Brian Banks could be considered apart of this one percent. This young boy, at the time, was well on his way to a wonderful career. He had just been accepted to the University of Southern California on a four year scholarship, and famed in his high school, Long Beach Polytechnic High, for his incomparable football skills. But, one day, his life would take a turn for the worst. The Brian Banks case and the Crucible were cases that could be considered inequitable because people were falsely accused, people's lives were set back, and chances of living a care-free life were ruined.

The police also planted evidence, and used the craziest lies to convict them. The teens served just over 18 years of their sentence, and had to accept a deal to be cleared. They had to take an Alford Plea, meaning that their sentence decreased, but they could no sue the court. These guys spent their prime years in jail over false evidence and accusations, and are not getting anything in return. I really believe this proves the importance of Innocence Canada because these teens were picked on because they liked different things, and were taken advantage of due to mental illness; and although they are free today, they will not get anything in return for what they’ve been

In April 2006, a girl who is referred to as J.R., was convicted of murdering her family along with her then-boyfriend (Graveland, 2015). J.R. and her boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, are both guilty in killing J.R.’s mother, father, and eight-year-old brother. J.R. and her family live in Medicine Hat, Alberta. At the time, 12-year-old J.R. was in a relationship with 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke. J.R. cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. J.R. is currently described as the “poster child” and is currently considered at low-risk to offend again (Graveland, 2015). The Court of Queen’s Bench Justice, Scott Brooker, has slowly been lifting some restrictions off of J.R.’s sentence under the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program. In 2014, Brooker has lifted her curfew on weekends, but still kept the strict curfew in place on weekdays until about early 2015 when those were lifted as well (Graveland, 2015). The 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. It was argued the Steinke assisted in killing the parents because the parents were very reproachful towards Steinke’s and J.R.’s ten year age gap. During trial, a picture was painted of a man who was strongly convinced that he found his true love and would do anything to retain her affection for him (Graveland, 2015). During

On a very popular college gossip website called juicycampus.com, students could hide behind the “anonymity mask” posting anything they wanted while remaining anonymous to other users. This obviously had some consequences. Female students where being called sluts, whores and even their personal information such as their addresses and phone numbers were being given away on this website. Male students were being called jerks and some were said to have STD’s. Whether this was true or not, nobody should have to know