Sexual Consent Debated After Acquittal in Australia Rape Case - The New York Times

"A Sydney rape case that dragged out for almost five years — through two trials, a conviction, two appeals and the suspect’s eventual acquittal — has set off a flurry of debate in Australia on what constitutes sexual consent....

In the trial that followed, a jury convicted Mr. Lazarus, despite his testimony that Ms. Mullins never said “stop” or “no.” He spent 11 months in jail before he won a jury-less retrial, where he was acquitted. State prosecutors pushed for a third trial, but an appeals court deemed the request unfair. The legal process lasted almost five years...."