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I have read about several cases where the rapists served no time.
<snip> A family court judge in New Jersey has been roundly admonished by the states appeals court for ruling that a teenager accused of raping an intoxicated girl and then sharing a video of the assault with friends deserved leniency because he came from a good family, was an Eagle Scout and attended an excellent school.
He is clearly a candidate for not just college but probably for a good college, Judge James Troiano of Superior Court wrote of the 16-year-old defendant, identified only as G.M.C. in court documents. Troiano went on to question whether the rape victim and her family had understood the devastating effect that pressing charges would have on G.M.C.s life.
The judge also argued that rape tradition[ally] involved two or more males using a weapon to threaten a victim in an abandon[ed] house, shed or shack circumstances not matching G.M.C.s alleged crime.<snip>
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-troiano-new-jersey-judge-teen-rape_n_5d1c1579e4b03d6116441252?guccounter=1
BlueTsunami2018
(3,486 posts)We cant deprive him of that opportunity simply because he raped someone, can we?
What an insane ruling.
pazzyanne
(6,543 posts)rampartc
(5,388 posts)if 2 men and a weapon are required few would ever be convicted. this judge has got to go!
ronatchig
(575 posts)He comes from a well connected family.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)boys will be boys.
she should have relaxed and enjoyed it.
it's a man's world.
2019 folks. 2019.
raging moderate
(4,292 posts)"If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel."
LuvNewcastle
(16,835 posts)Getting raped in the summertime.
thesquanderer
(11,972 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,835 posts)Predator on the loose.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)At least there are some sane people:
The appellate court reversed Silvas decision and chastised the judge for her minimization of the harm wrought on a twelve-year-old child by E.R.M., assuming her claims are true.
Following the appellate courts reversals, the defendants in both cases will now be tried before a grand jury as adults.
dlk
(11,514 posts)It's more pervasive than most Americans understand. Cases such as this one occasionally shine a light on the much deeper problem.
usaf-vet
(6,163 posts)ECL213
(210 posts)BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)Brett Kavanaugh