A Canadian judge is facing the possibility of removal from the bench after he faulted a 19-year-old woman who said she was raped for not doing enough to defend herself during the alleged attack and suggesting that she wanted to have sex.
Among Federal Court Justice Robin Camp's remarks during a 2014 sexual assault trial, according to a notice of allegations posted on the Canadian Judicial Council website:
"Why couldn't you just keep your knees together? Why didn't you just sink your bottom down into the basin so he couldn't penetrate you?"
Young women, the judge said, "want to have sex, particularly if they're drunk," according to the notice.
He also said that "some sex and pain sometimes go together" and "that's not necessarily a bad thing."
Camp's controversial remarks resulted in an investigation by the Canadian Judicial Council, a federal body that polices judges.
He is expected to testify Friday before a five-member committee as part of a week-long proceeding that began Tuesday and will end next week in Calgary, Alberta.
The committee will decide on Camp's fate after hearing evidence and testimony. (lots more)
Saturday, September 10, 2016
When a judge misjudges
"The judge who asked an alleged rape victim why she 'couldn't keep her knees together' might lose his job."
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Canuckistan.
Need more facts but it's possible this was another drunk that decided afterwards she was raped and the judge didn't buy her story.
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