The legal amendment, making it possible for an accuser to nullify a case under prosecution, will also apply to dowry harassment cases.

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On Wednesday, an accuser whose lawyer said he wasn't one of the alleged victims in the grand jury report, filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court alleging that he was abused by Mr. Sandusky between 1992 and 1996.

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The Supreme Court would never allow a judge to impose a stiffer sentence on a defendant because he took the Fifth Amendment, asked to confront his accuser, or hired an attorney.

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Though the accuser never went to he police, she apparently lodged an informal complaint with Yale, which the school will neither confirm nor deny.

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An atmosphere in which it was unthinkable it still is today not to credit as truthful every accuser charging a Catholic priest with molestation.

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