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The St. Mike's Trial: A Wrongful Conviction in the Making?

3/5/2020

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The St. Michael's College School gang sex assault incidents, of which there were three in 2018, have culminated in guilty pleas, withdrawn charges, and one trial. That trial began yesterday in Toronto, March 4th, 2020.  The youth has pled not guilty and has presumably maintained his innocence since his arrest in December of 2018. He cannot be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act, but for the purpose of this journal, he will be referred to by the pseudonym, "Kirk". Kirk was implicated in a mobile phone 

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"No Proof Cited"

3/5/2017

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The hypocrisy of Canadian media publishing an American Associated Press article entitled “Trump claims Obama had his phones wiretapped, no proof cited” astounds me. It is an astonishing example of the selectiveness of what type of claim demands proof. In this case, any chance the media gets to corner President Trump into admitting he may be making a false claim is an acceptable opportunity to demand proof. All the while, the same media outlets will generously, and without question, publish claims of sexual assault or historical sexual abuse without demanding proof. Claims of sexual assaults and abuse are published daily with the tone that the allegation is true. For example, “there may be more victims” or “the suspect has been charged and the investigation is ongoing” or “it is unclear where the sexual assault took

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How the Canadian Justice System Fails Men Accused of Sexual Assault

8/24/2015

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The Canadian justice system is currently designed to convict and uphold convictions of sexual assault at any level. For actual violent incidents of rape, sodomy or incest this is a good thing as people should be punished. But when it's a malicious claim that's not true, or a claim based on false memory it becomes very difficult for a man to defend himself in the absence of evidence such as DNA, doctor reports, or alibi. As we learned from my previous post Prevalence of Sexual Assault in Canada: Does it Justify Rape Culture Hysteria? the majority of sexual assault cases in our courts are of a Level 1 nature - the least violent and even non-physical in some cases.

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    "Clary Jaxon" takes a critical look at how current social theories and the efforts to instill them compare to the reality of actual social conditions. With a focus on Canadian issues. Check out the STW YouTube channel.

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