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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started to watch and had to stop. I read an article that said not to wait until you're in the mood to watch but to just watch it. It's so painful, though. I'll try again.

I've been reading a lot about the case, though. NYTimes had a long article about the case a few days ago, written by a reporter who covered it at the time.

I also googled to find out more about the jogger and what's happened to her.  She's not happy about the settlement and feels that the man who actually attacked her did not do so alone, as he claimed, so she sounds like she's still suspicious of these guys. It was disheartening to hear that.[/quote]

I did the exact same thing. Started to watch, got halfway through the episode, and I was so upset that I had to walk away while DW finished it. I've seen the documentary (also wrenching to watch) but something about this recreation of the events made it sickening to watch.

I feel the same about the jogger, who seems to express no remorse whatsoever that these young boys were falsely jailed for years. Of course it's not her fault, but to not acknowledge this huge miscarriage of justice.....[/quote]

That's incredibly unfair to the jogger.  She was the victim of an absolutely horrendous crime.  She was injured so badly she was in a coma for 12 days, and everyone thought she was going to die.  She had no memory of the attack and never identified anyone as the perpetrator(s).  The fact that other people decided to railroad these kids into a conviction is not her fault.  She doesn't need to feel remorse.  She didn't do anything wrong, and she has her own trauma to deal with.  There was some evidence that more than one person attacked her, so it's not crazy that she thinks that.  The fact that the guy who confessed was never tried, and then the case was settled, means she never got the kind of closure that you hope for from a prosecution.   [/quote]

+10000

Thank you for putting this so well
I’ve seen so many judgements about the victim. For God’s sake, don’t put any of this crap on her. [/quote]

[b]If she was sympathetic to the victims who were children sent to jail for a crime they didn’t commit then crap wouldn’t be put on her. If she was willing to advocate for their freedom and rights instead of saying they don’t deserve anything then maybe ppl would have more sympathy for her as a person. It absolutely sucks what happened to her but what happened to them sucks too. [/quote][/b]

I don't see this as victim blaming at all.  She was a victim of a horrendous crime and I am sure she wanted someone to be held accountable for the crime.  However, her lack of compassion for 5 children wrongly accused and jailed really shows who she is as a person.[/quote]

Children? Come on dude. Go back and look at the mug shots.[/quote]

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