The law should be changed so that a rape victim's sexual history, other than with the defendant, is not admissible in court.
Public concern about the rising number of reported rapes, the ordeal a trial can represent and the effect this may have on a victim's readiness to appear in court has led to pressure to change the law.
Anesta Weeks, a barrister, argues that on the crucial issue of consent, defence barristers all too often exploit a loophole in the 1976 Sexual Offences Amendment Act to cross-examine victims in explicit detail about their sex lives.
Peter Thornton , also a barrister, is sympathetic to the problems facing rape victims and feels that the legal processes can be improved - but not by tilting the scales of justice unfairly against defendants.
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