Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
After 17 days of trial, the Crown closed its case in the case of R. v. Borutski last week. Basil Borutski did not mount a defence, did not call witnesses and did not testify, bringing this case to its final Continue reading Borutski trial part seven: the jury is (almost) out
“It is every woman’s fundamental right to live in safety and security in her home and community – free from the threat of violence.” So says Ontario’s Ministry for the Status of Women, in its announcement of Woman Abuse Prevention Continue reading November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month
I have the privilege of following this trial from a distance, never in the courtroom, measuring how much of it I can manage at any time and only hearing what I do through the somewhat neutralizing intermediary force of the Continue reading Borutski trial part six: His truths continue to emerge
In the recent case of R. v. H.E., Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith acquitted a man charged with sexually assaulting his wife, even as he also declared that “marriage is not a shield for sexual assault.” This is Continue reading Marital rape myths alive and well in Ottawa courtroom