Multiple different debates occur in ones mind whether a defendant is guilty or

innocent. There are certain factors that influences ones perception of a crime; whether
its the evidence that support or deny the case or the judges, and the occasional jury, own
biased, no matter how small the bias, opinions about the case. During the many years law
has contributed to our world civilization today, there are a large finite group of crimes
involving actus reus defenses, specifically alibis. ne of the many alibis that have
happened in the past decade, particularly in !anada, is the "ewfoundland case of an alibi
for an accusation of se# assault. $s a third party observer, the defendant is found to be
innocent based on the evidence and information presented from the newspaper article of
this alibi.
There are various different portions of information that ma%es this case voiced by this
article very credible. This case is found to be accusing &'lair (iercey, )*,+ for se#ual
assault involving two Mount (earl girls in $ugust ),,-. The girls were *) and *. at the
time/ 0!'! "ews, ),*,1. $ccording to 2dmonton (olice 3ervices, &4hen investigating
a se#ual assault, there are certain relevant factors to consider5
The part of the body touched
The nature of the contact
The situation in which the contact occurred
The words and gestures accompanying the act
$ll other circumstances surrounding the act
$ny threats that may or may not be accompanied by force
The victim of the se#ual assault can be man or woman and the attacker can be of the
same sex as the victim. $ spouse may be charged with se#ual assault upon the other
spouse./ 02dmonton (olice 3ervices1