A ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal established that extreme intoxication akin to automatism can be used as a defense for violent crimes that hurt a person's bodily integrity, including sexual assault and murder. I had a chat with Megan Stephens, the executive director and general counsel of the Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF), to understand some of the implications and misunderstandings around the court's controversial decision.

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