Top court set to weigh in on rape-shield law amid concern over fair trial
Jul 31, 2019 | 6:18 AM
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TORONTO — The Supreme Court is expected today to clarify the limits of Canada’s rape-shield law.
At issue is just how far the law should go in protecting sexual-assault complainants from scrutiny of their sex lives.
In the case before the top court, a man was initially convicted of sexually assaulting and impregnating a teenager.
Ontario’s Appeal Court quashed the verdict on appeal.
