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The Defendants is a podcast exploring how sexual assault cases move through the justice system… and why it never seems to work in favour of victims. We want to know what has to change within the system for it to actually work, and we are interrogating what justice means in the aftermath of trauma. This is a podcast where we figure out exactly how this system fails, why, and what to do about it.
Unknown Host hosts The Defendants.
We’re talking about what survivors actually get out of the justice system and what they want out of it. Key Topics 0:13 - Jane's trial 1:47 - Chanel Miller: guilty verdict, insufficient sentence 4:14 - What survivors wan
We’re going backwards so we can map our way forwards. Key Topics 0:10 - The law has a gender 2:06 - Common law and British colonial history 3:15 - A system designed to exclude: patriarchal origins of law 6:11 - Women as
We’re looking at what it takes to get a verdict of guilty or not guilty and what it means. Key Topics 1:00 - The numbers: 2 guilty verdicts out of 1,000 assaults 1:25 - Guilty vs not guilty: what the terms mean 1:42 - Be
We’re looking at what makes an ideal victim in the eyes of the law, and society, and who is more likely to be believed. Key Topics 0:11 - The week before Jane's case went to trial 1:57 - The damsel in distress archetype
We’re trying to understand how we can better insert victims rights into the legal process… without superseding the rights for accused individuals. Key Topics 0:10 - Accused rights and victim rights 3:56 - Jane's police i
We take a look at first encounters: with the justice system, with telling someone, and with the law. We’re looking beyond the headlines to the root issues underneath, and we’re exploring the first steps in the process fo
I didn’t know how to talk about it. Or even what to call it. First, I told a friend. The Defendants is a podcast about what happens after.. how sexual assault cases move through the justice system, and why so many of the
The Defendants is a podcast exploring how sexual assault cases move through the justice system… and why it never seems to work in favour of victims. We want to know what has to change within the system for it to actually
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