Vanessa Place examines the ambiguity of rape law by presenting cases where guilt lies, but lies uneasily, and leads into larger ethical questions of what defines guilt, what is justice and what is considered just punishment. The Guilt õThe Guilt Projectù looks at the way the American legal system defines, prosecutes and punishes sex offenders, how this questionable justice has transformed our conception of who is guilty and how they ought to be treated, and how this has come to undo our deeper humanity.