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Originally Posted by GioforPM

https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=129479&page=1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...xual%20assault.

https://www.janedoe.org/appeals-cour...rs-conviction/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...tion-1.5977578



As for 8 accused, that will only work if they tell identical stories. Discrepancies will work against them. And 8 storytellers will have more chance of discrepancies. And the fact there were 8 will make the story harder to believe from the get-go, rightly or wrongly.

Yep, this happens actually all the time. Even more so in regard to historic sexual assaults where any physical evidence would have degraded. Here's a few examples of Alberta cases:

R v Harker, 2019 ABQB 992
R v Quartey, 2018 ABCA 12
R v BJJ, 2018 ABCA 196

Also, it's rare for evidence of a past record of sexual assault to be put before a judge prior to sentencing, so that's generally not even a consideration.