Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the

Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #MeToo

â€œMaybe the question isnâ€™t what happened to Alan Dershowitz. Maybe itâ€™s what happened to everyone else.â€â€”Politico

New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz, one of Americaâ€™s most respected legal scholars, provesâ€”with incontrovertible evidenceâ€”that he is entirely innocent of the sexual misconduct accusations against him, while suggesting a roadmap for how such allegations should truly be handled in a just society. Â

Alan Dershowitz has been called â€œone of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in Americaâ€ by Politico and â€œthe nationâ€™s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rightsâ€ by Newsweek. Yet he has come under intense criticism for applying those same principles, and his famed â€œshoeâ€‘onâ€‘theâ€‘otherâ€‘foot test,â€ to those accused of sexual misconduct.

In Guilt by Accusation, Dershowitz provides an inâ€‘depth analysis of the false accusations against him, alongside a full presentation of the exculpatory evidence that proves his account, including emails from his accuser and an admission of his innocence from her lawyer, David Boies. Additionally, he examines current attitudes toward accusations of sexual misconduct, which are today, in the age of #MeToo, accepted as implicit truth without giving the accused a fair chance to defend themselves and their innocence, and suggests possible pathways back to a society and legal system in which due process is respected above public opinion and the whims of social media mobs.

This book is Alan Dershowitzâ€™s plea for fairness for both accuser and accused, his principled stand for due process no matter the allegation, and his compelling assertion of his own innocence. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to know the inside story behind the accusations against him or who cares about the current societal debate over how we should handle accusations of sexual misconduct.

The #MeToo movement has generally been a force for good, but as with many good movements, it is being exploited by some bad people for personal profit. Supporters of the #MeToo movement must not allow false accusers to hurt real victims by hiding behind its virtuous shield, turning it into an exploitive sword against innocent people.
Country USA
Manufacturer Hot Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-11-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Hot Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-11-19
Format	Kindle eBook

Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #MeToo

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