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Sat Sep 10, 2016, 11:53 AM Sep 2016

The judge who asked rape victim why she 'couldn't keep her knees together' might lose his job [View all]

A Canadian judge is facing the possibility of removal from the bench after he faulted a 19-year-old woman who said she was raped for not doing enough to defend herself during the alleged attack and suggesting that she wanted to have sex.

Among Federal Court Justice Robin Camp's remarks during a 2014 sexual assault trial, according to a notice of allegations posted on the Canadian Judicial Council website:

"Why couldn't you just keep your knees together? Why didn't you just sink your bottom down into the basin so he couldn't penetrate you?"

Young women, the judge said, "want to have sex, particularly if they're drunk," according to the notice.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-judge-who-asked-an-alleged-rape-victim-why-she-couldnt-keep-her-knees-together-might-lose-his-a7235601.html

What a frickin' creep

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