Opinion | Barbara McQuade, Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance and Maya Wiley: 'The public, as well as Reade and Biden, deserve a full accounting. These steps will help provide one.' - NBCNewsTHINK
of holding powerful men to account for misconduct and protecting individuals and our political process from false allegations and disinformation.
As former prosecutors and attorneys deeply concerned about respecting the survivors of sexual assault and protecting the rights of the accused, we believe that justice requires a more nuanced approach than we are seeing in the current debate. We approach this, as we would any the report of any crime, through the neutral lens of investigation.
As former prosecutors and attorneys deeply concerned about respecting the survivors of sexual assault and protecting the rights of the accused, we believe that justice requires a more nuanced approach.that in 1993, Biden pinned her against a wall and penetrated her with his fingers under her skirt, without her consent. Biden has denied the allegations.
Recently, a number of men in higher office have been accused of this type of sexual assault and misconduct. Pursuing justice in these cases is complicated by the passage of time as much as by their positions of power.has brought ever more revelations to light. It also exposed just how difficult they are to investigate, and why believing women doesn’t mean we don’t also ask for further information, context and clarification.
That means that step one after accepting Reade’s allegation is to investigate it. Because her allegations occurred long enough ago that the statute of limitations bars any possibility of prosecution, law enforcement agencies don't have jurisdiction to investigate, and investigation funded by either Reade or Biden would likely be viewed as lacking objectivity.
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