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[aesmael]

There's a case in Canada where it appears, absent testimony to bolster charges of abuse, a Mormon leader has been charged under a law banning polygamy instead.

lost_angelwings showed me some news about this last night, in which it was claimed prosecutors had been reluctant to invoke this law for fear it would get overturned when challenged. Naturally I found myself hoping it would be removed because of this trial, and hopefully these suspicions of abuse gotten to the bottom of more directly.

Unfortunately I did not realise just how strict the law in question is. Yet another obstacle forcing reconsideration of life plans, and more immediate reason to hope it is struck down.

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[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

*sighs* :\ The abuse and stuff that is going on is awful but it is always difficult to get ppl to talk in these situations :( However, using a bad law just to get SOME sort of conviction is wrong. It'd be just as wrong as saying we need to keep sodomy laws on the books to arrest rapists b/c you might not have enuf evidence on rape, but you can get them on SOMETHING! >_<;;