By Aline McKenzie and Michael Granberry
The Dallas Morning News
Published on 3/8/2004
Excerpt:
Kelly McBride, a member of the ethics faculty at the Poynter Institute, a journalism training center in Florida, says one type of rape shield law protects the victim from being publicly identified, while the other prevents the complainant’s sexual history from being introduced in court.
“The courtroom kind is based on, ‘It doesn’t matter who you slept with or what your sexual history is, no one deserved to be raped,’ ” she says.
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