Student Jailed On Sex Assault Charge Freed After Judge Deems Him 'High Achieving'

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9. He should have thought of the consequences before attacking a woman.

Far too many police and judges dismiss rape as “it’s just sex—no one is hurt.” Yes, the women attacked are hurt—both physically and emotionally. Literally thousands of rape kits sit on police shelves untested while those tests could identify serial rapists who just keep raping. Judges who identify with the “bright young men” who rape are doing no one any favors because those bright young men learn the lesson that their actions have no consequences. What seems to be immaterial to such judges is that it’s okay for a young woman to be traumatized because her feelings and her formerly bright future just are not considered, but it’s not okay for a young man’s sexual assaults to ruin his future, especially if he is white and/or wealthy.