“As chief justice of Alabama’s supreme court, Moore twice argued that the state’s ‘rape shield’ law should not prevent alleged sex offenders from using certain evidence about their underage accusers’ personal lives to discredit them.
“The cases were among 10 between 2013 and 2016 where Moore dissented from the court’s majority and sided with alleged offenders who were appealing to the court as part of their efforts to overturn convictions or punishments for sexual crimes.”