Foxy and Banjo,

The high court took the case because the appeal court was not unanimous and the dissenting appeal judge made a valid case.

Sorry Banjo you're wrong, in Afghanistan there are no rapists, in fact there are no rapes, it just can't happen, a physical impossibility, so 100% of accused rapists, how wrong is that, fine upstanding gentlemen one and all, fortunately don't spend a single day in jail. There are only crazy women who force these "innocent" gentlemen to have sex with them. Stoning to death of 100% of these crazy women is most acceptable. Agree? I'm sure the Forums very own Dennis Denuto does, I think he was trained in the law in Afghanistan as well.

shadowminister,

The Appeal Court was a majority judgement.
It should have been respected. And a jury
of 12 people had made the guilty verdict as well.

The High Court should have stayed out of it.

So Foxy,

In your uneducated opinion, the most senior judges in the land should let a travesty of justice go because you say so?

Banjo,

Your call for kangaroo courts is moronic and thank god never likely to happen. Also, your logic is all twisted. Most of the 97% of rapes that aren't jailed are for reasons such as the rapist isn't identified or the rape isn't reported which are not problems with the justice system. Where a forensic test is done and the case is taken to court the conviction rate is closer to 70%

When the victims don't report get tested or even report the crime until later, without witnesses the only person that knows the truth is the woman.

shadowminister,

So you believed Ms Higgins?