Robin Camp's Injustice Case Study

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Summary Robin Camp, a Canadian federal court judge, is in a week-long judicial council hearing, which will determine if he should be booted from his position. During the rape case which took place in 2014, a nineteen year old girl was rapped over a bathroom sink during a house party. Camp was a provincial court judge during the case. What is putting Camp’s job in jeopardy is when Camp asked the rape victim why she didn't "skew her pelvis" or push her bottom into the sink to avoid penetration. He openly wondered, "Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?" Camp, ultimately acquitted the man who was being charged with the crime. Then he the man: "I want you to tell your friends, your male friends, that they have to be far more gentle

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