Plot introduction
In-depthexaminationofthedarksideofanAmericanjusticesystemwherewomenwhoreportsexualassaultareinsteadchargedwithperjuryandjailedforit.InvestigativejournalistRaedeLeonhasdiscoveredastartlingpatterninrapecasesintheUnitedStates.Namely,thatwomenwhohavereportedasexualassaultaresuspectedoflyingbythepolice.Firsttheyareaccusedofmakinguptheirallegations,latertheyareprosecutedforgivingfalsetestimonyandsometimestheyendupservingprisonsentences.‘Victim/Suspect’showshowtherolesarereversedsotheperpetratorsaredeclaredinnocentwhilethevictimssometimesendupbehindbarsandothertimesendtheirlives.RaedeLeongetsfirst-handaccountsfromthewomenandinterviewslegalexpertsasshedelvesintopolicemethods,interrogationtechniquesandpreliminaryinvestigations,andtheoutcomerevealsacorruptsystem.NancySchwartzmanchartsalawenforcementagencythatconfusesvictimsandsuspectsandisrelevantfarbeyondAmerica’sborders.Itisapowerfultestimonytosystemicfailure,policehandlingofcasesandadeterminedjournalist’sattempttochangeit.源自：https://cphdox.dk/film/victimsuspect/
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