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Free speech is number one for a reason




In a recent trial in Kansas City, the judge told a woman who was raped, that she wasn't allowed say the word “rape” or “sexual assault” in front of the jury. The judge's reason was that the defendant's right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence trumps the accuser's first amendment right to free speech. I don't think it should be up to the judge to tell this woman whether or not she was raped. It might be one thing if she was lying about being raped, but telling a rape victim she can't say the word "rape" deprives her of the words intended meaning, and of pleading her case properly to the jury. It's not a coincidence that our founding fathers chose to make the first amendment free speech.

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