Italy's highest court accused of victim blaming over rape case
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#3V196)
Aggravating circumstances not applicable in sentencing if alcohol consumed voluntarily, say judges
Italy's highest court has been widely condemned after it ruled that aggravated circumstances cannot be applied to a rape sentence if the victim voluntarily drank alcohol before the attack.
The court of cassation on Tuesday ordered a retrial to review the three-year sentence for two men convicted of raping a woman in 2009.
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