"Law isn't a shield preventing a bad thing happening - it cannot stop people behaving in a certain way; it can only simply prescribe a punishment or remedy should people behave in a certain way..."
April 23, 2012 at 08:31 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
On Friday afternoon, Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans (pictured) was sentenced to five years for raping a 19-year-old woman.
Almost immediately, the #ChedEvans hashtag appeared on Twitter, and later, #JusticeForChed. Some tweets displayed confusion, questioning why one defendant was found guilty, and one not. Others displayed varying levels of victim blaming; some could only be described as vile.
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