Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal

Jon Swaine at the Guardian

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/roy-moore-alabama-law-rape-victims-judge

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Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law that protects rape victims while serving as the most senior judge on the state’s highest court, according to a review of records.

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As chief justice of Alabama’s supreme court, Moore twice argued that the state’s “rape shield” law should not prevent alleged sex offenders from using certain evidence about their underage accusers’ personal lives to discredit them.

The cases were among 10 between 2013 and 2016 where Moore dissented from the court’s majority and sided with alleged offenders who were appealing to the court as part of their efforts to overturn convictions or punishments for sexual crimes.

Moore, 70, is under pressure from senior Republicans in Washington to step down as the party’s candidate for the special election to fill Alabama’s vacant US Senate seat, following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

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