A new law that grants sexual assault complainants formal standing has fundamentally altered the nature of a criminal trial
The Joshua Boyle trial has been delayed because a third party — the complainant, Boyle’s estranged wife and former fellow hostage Caitlan Coleman, and her lawyer Ian Carter — has essentially and with the permission of the law hijacked the proceeding.
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