Keith A in Hertford,

Your argument that stuff in Martin's life prior to being murdered is fair game is not only wrong but down right disrespectful to the victim...

There is a reason why past sexual activities by rape victims is not admissible in court... The logic is that it does not justify the rape... The exception, of course, is spousal rape... But the fact that a woman has had _____ sex partners in her life does not give an unknown rapist an excuse for his behavior... It is not relevant...

As for leaving it to the judge and jury to decide??? If the trial is conducted fairly then, yeah, that's the way it is supposed to work, however, we have already seen enough misconduct by both the judge and the defense team to see that is not the case here...

B~