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on December 1, 2016 in World News

‘Knees together’ rape case judge should be fired – Canadian inquiry committee

A judicial committee has called for top Canadian judge Justice Robin Camp to be discharged, after a case in which he asked an alleged rape victim why she could not “keep her knees together.” “We conclude that Justice Camp’s conduct […] was so manifestly and profoundly destructive of the concept of the impartiality, integrity and independence of the judicial role that public confidence is sufficiently undermined to render the judge incapable of executing the judicial office,” a unanimous recommendation released on Wednesday by the five-person inquiry committee stated. Justice Camp made headlines globally after it emerged he had aggressively...

A judicial committee has called for top Canadian judge Justice Robin Camp to be discharged, after a case in which he asked an alleged rape victim why she could not “keep her knees together.” “We conclude that Justice Camp’s...

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