A Drunk Can Consent

• 121 complaints dismissed against Nova Scotia judge who said ‘clearly, a drunk can consent’

  The review committee said the threshold for finding judicial misconduct is high and that after reviewing the trial transcript, it found no evidence of "impermissible reasoning or bias."

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2018
  
• New trial ordered for Bassam Al-Rawi, Halifax taxi driver acquitted of sexual assault

  Bassam Al-Rawi was charged in May 2015 after a Halifax Regional Police officer found a young woman passed out and partially naked in the back seat of his cab.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2018
  
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• Nova Scotia review committee to investigate judge’s ‘drunk can consent’ ruling

  In his decision, Judge Gregory Lenehan ruled that the Crown didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the complainant didn’t consent to sexual activity with Al-Rawi.

  Crime

  Sep 7, 2017