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U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal

Sep. 25, 2018

Age of Kavanaugh cases would make them tough to prosecute

A second reported allegation of a decades-old incident of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be supportive of a previous accusation, but California criminal justice observers indicated that prosecutors would still have a hard time bringing a case.

Age of Kavanaugh cases would make them tough to prosecute
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley commented that even in sexual assault cases where the evidence is compelling, a prosecutor must be certain charges are provable beyond a reasonable doubt before filing.

A second reported allegation of a decades-old incident of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be supportive of a previous accusation, but California criminal justice observers indicated prosecutors would still have a hard time bringing a case to court.

Deborah Ramirez, a 53-year-old woman who attended Yale University the same time as Kavanaugh, was quoted by the New Yorker Sunday as saying he drunken...

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