Monday, May 03, 2010

The Tight Pants Ploy

Jury acquits accused rapist because victim wore skinny jeans

"A jury in Sydney, Australia acquitted Nicholas Eugenio Gonzalez of rape charges following the use of the so-called skinny jeans defense. Gonzalez's lawyer suggested the survivor would have had to have helped him remove her tight jeans, though she said this was not the case. The jury expressed belief that Gonzalez could not have removed the jeans without the woman's help.
The skinny jeans defense has gained popularity in recent years
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Very similar to the Twinkie Defense, a way to avoid responsibility for one's actions by claiming things external to one's ken can determine the rightness or wrongness of those actions.

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