“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought, claiming that the actor was a victim of the "hysteria" created by revelations about Jimmy Savile. It's a… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Talk of "witch-hunts" conceals an inconvenient fact: men charged with rape stand a better chance of walking free than other defendants. The conviction rate in rape trials – 63 per cent in 2012/13 – is quite a lot lower. Prosecutors… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in the hands… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“In a short space of time, she had become indispensable, rather like a comfortable grey gown in which one always appears respectable and can… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought, claiming that… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“She preferred keeping her mouth shut and appearing a fool to opening it and removing the doubt.” — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Talk of "witch-hunts" conceals an inconvenient fact: men charged with rape stand a better chance of walking free than other defendants. The conviction rate… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Some folks called Dewar a dilettante; he did not consider it an appropriate term, indicating as it did a lack of seriousness, a trifling… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
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