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- From: "K.C. Quirk" <>
- To: <>
- Subject: Rape Shield Laws
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:17:28 -0700
- List-archive: <https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/private/sapc>
- List-id: "Discussion List for sexual assault educators and counselors on campus." <sapc.list.mail.virginia.edu>
A colleague of mine asked me the following question....
"have you ever seen the rape shield law used to block out past DV incidents
where no sexual assault was reported, but physical violence?"
"I want to use the rape shield law to block past DV incidents in a criminal
case where a victim has to testify against an officer who assaulted her.
The officer's defense attorney is trying to bring in all this irrelevant
past info about her past relationships, but it's not sexual hx, its DV.
make sense?"
I thought I would put this out to you....
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Silence is not consent ... do you have questions about sexual assault? Call
us!
KC Quirk
Executive Director
Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico
Centro Contra la Violación Sexual
1025 Hermosa SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
505-266-7711 (phone) 505-268-5046 (fax)
1-888-811-8282 (toll free)
www.rapecrisiscnm.org
Got Consent?
- Safety Plans for victims/survivors, Felty, Wade P., 11/04/2009
- Rape Shield Laws, K.C. Quirk, 11/05/2009
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