I guess that means Freddy F. calling defendants "hippies" and "communists" would be out under that jurisdiction.

Which he of course never did call anyone that but used to joke about the cases from the 60's and 70's precluding such references to the citizen accused in closing arguments.

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How about a week and a half murder trial, complete with crime scene investigators and experts, where the defense motion in limine prohibited any mention of the phrase "crime scene"? By the end of trial, even defense counsel couldn't keep from using the offending language, therefore, violating his own MIL.

an appropriate punishment for his violation would have been requiring him to use air quotes (that's so 90's) every time he used the offending phrase.

To my ears, the phrase "he raped me" is not as inflammatory as a precise explanation of exactly what happened and in graphic detail so as to convey the meaning without using the word "rape."

Given a graphic enough discription, the defendant might have preferred the use of the word "rape."


PS: Canola oil was previously known as low-acid "RapeSeed" oil but the negative associations with the word "rape" resulted in the more marketing-friendly name "Canola."

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is proposing to remove the term "prostitute" from the criminal statutes because it carries too much stigma.
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Instead, a new bill that the Justice Ministry has drafted refers simply to persons who sell sex persistently -- defined as twice or more in three months.

"We just wanted to remove the stigma of the label 'common prostitute'," said a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry.

"It's been around since 1824, so it was a bit outdated. It just wasn't really helpful to label people."

The new bill introduces measures to try to get sex workers out of the industry, and in effect decriminalizes prostitution for those who are not considered persistent.

Elizabeth Foley
Ass't Crim. D.A.
Galveston County

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Originally posted by E. Foley:
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is proposing to remove the term "prostitute" from the criminal statutes because it carries too much stigma.

Instead, a new bill that the Justice Ministry has drafted refers simply to persons who sell sex persistently -- defined as twice or more in three months.

"We just wanted to remove the stigma of the label 'common prostitute'," said a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry.

"It's been around since 1824, so it was a bit outdated. It just wasn't really helpful to label people."

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Yeah, ole' Jezzebelle is a "persistent provider of sexual services for fee". That sounds much better than prostitute.

Because it is old fashioned and too much stigma attaches to the words, "crimes," "criminals," and "defendants" shall no longer be called such. Please substitute your own multi-word phrases that will not give offense or falsely characterize any of these things!!!!!!

JAS

Anyone seen any attempt to ban filthy words like "banjo"?

OK, from now on, we should call violations something more innocuous, like "conduct regulated by incarceration-mode enforcement." Or maybe we can come up with some acronym for that.

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Originally posted by JB:
Anyone seen any attempt to ban filthy words like "banjo"?

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A five string East Texas torture device. Ojnab is banjo spelled backwards.

And "gnildoon" is the reverse spelling for alternative tactile manual angling methodology. It goes well with sherry.

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Originally posted by Scott Brumley:
And "gnildoon" is the reverse spelling for alternative tactile manual angling methodology. It goes well with sherry.

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As does banjo music.

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Originally posted by Wes:
OK, from now on, we should call violations something more innocuous, like "conduct regulated by incarceration-mode enforcement." Or maybe we can come up with some acronym for that.

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Sometimes you move too fast for the rest of us around here, Wes. The Spice Girls should write a song about you.

Instead of "criminal", violators would be referred to as a "legally challenged individual".

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