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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This case is disgusting to me, in pretty much every way.

The survivor has shared her perspective. Read the entire impact statement if you are interested in her insight. It is not "regret" speaking but sexual trauma.

But he didn't do that. This is a situation where the victim was not able to give consent. The assault was broken up by TWO witnesses unknown to either the victim or the perpetrator. A rape kit was done. This isn't a case of he said/she said, and the jury agreed with that assessment. This man was found guilty of three felony charges, which he still denies. If he had been found guilty of those charges and, at his sentencing hearing, he had spoken about his remorse and admitted responsibility for his actions, I would be a lot more sympathetic to the impact on his life.

As for the people saying that we should teach our children about safety, I completely agree. I think that what we should be focusing on in this situation, if we are teaching our children about safety, is that two strangers stopped to investigate something that seemed off to them. We should be teaching our children that, in addition to paying attention to their own safety, if they are concerned that someone is being hurt, they should stop and investigate, or call 911, or both, rather than just walking by.

If you see something, say something, right?[/quote]

good post.  yes we should teach them to pay attention if someone else is being hurt or appears to be.  good thing those 2 guys came along.  or she might just have woken up alone behind the dumpster with no idea what happened[/quote]

PP here. I will say for the record that I think that discussions about personal safety in situations like this is a complete red herring. If she had gotten drunk at a party and lost her purse, it would be time to have a discussion about the follies of getting drunk. If she had gotten drunk at a party and gotten into an argument with her boyfriend, it would be time to have a discussion about the follies of getting drunk. That's not what happened. She got drunk at a party and was sexually assaulted behind a dumpster by someone she did not know. [b]That is a CRIME and discussing what SHE did wrong should be so fucking far down on the list of things to talk about that it's barely visible. [b]

He should be on the sex offender registry list. He is a sex offender. That is what we call people who sexually assault people. "Sexual assault" is what we call "removing the clothing of a drunk stranger and touching them sexually when they are[b] unconscious." [/b]The jury thought so. Why didn't the sentencing judge?[/quote]

There isn't one person on this thread who disagrees with you that what that boy did was a crime. Not one person. But when do we ever discuss what she did wrong so that it can not be duplicated in the future?  If your response is Never, well stuff like this will continue to happen. Rapist there will always be. [/quote]

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