If politics and religion don’t make for polite conversation at the dinner table, then it’s hard to imagine any forum where a civil discussion about sexual violence is even possible. Worse, as Jon Krakauer’s latest blockbuster, Missoula (buy here), clearly illustrates, the American judicial system seems singularly ill-equipped on this painful issue to promote justice for all, especially in a sports-crazy college town that eerily evokes a smaller, football-er version of Lexington.
To be fair, our courts may have an unattainable task. On one side is a fundamental, core value of common criminal law: The accused is innocent until truly proven guilty.