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We interrupt our Staircase aftershow series to bring you this special podcast.

Is the defence of extreme intoxication in sexual-assault cases back?

The headlines were attention grabbing after a Toronto Judge ruled that section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, which limited the defence of extreme intoxication in all assault cases, was unconstitutional.

As the Globe and Mail put it: The defence of extreme intoxication in sexual-assault cases is back in Ontario, after a judge ruled that a federal law removing it violates the constitutional rights of the accused.

The twitter storm that followed was predictably biting.