In a recent court case in the Northern Territory of Australia, Leonard Andrew Spencer was found not guilty of gross indecency and having sex without consent. His defense? Sex-sleep or sexsomnia.
A woman who was house-sitting for Mr. Spencer awoke to find Mr. Spencer in her bed having sex wit...
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Sue
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 11:00 PMre: Untitled Comment
Florence Cardinal
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 04:46 PMWell said, Sue. And, if called to jury duty, we must to return the right verdict.
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Thanks for your post Florence. My two cents: Yes this should be used as a defense. Other disorders are used and to me we should not limit citizens from using this. One of the points to our judicial system is to be judged by a jury of our peers. It is up to all of us, when called to jury, to make that fair and just.
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All the best, sue