My wife, a future law student at an elite school, had absolutely no qualms with the Ghomeshi decision, and is disgusted by the behaviour of many of her friends' vicious denouncement of the judge.
I also have a close friend, a female practicing lawyer, who has taken the opposite perspective. A lot of this boils down to what preconceptions were like before the trial, and you can't change those if you are emotionally connected.
I actually find these threads very fair, and even-handed. The vast majority of CP was absolutely certain Ghomeshi was guilty, and unreasonably bemoaned the competence of the Crown in executing their duty.
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