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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The accused was acquitted in a court of law.

Presumably when the girl was hospitalized, a rape kit test was performed. Was it negative?

Are we to assume people are rapist based on accusation, and not conviction?[/quote]

[b]A prosecutor would not take a case to trial if the rape kit didn’t support charges.[/b]

Most likely scenario is that the victim refused to cooperate so they weren’t able to prove the case sufficiently to meet the beyond a reasonable doubt standard.[/quote]

Exactly.  Which is why this is so concerning.  There is a rapist now at school probably operating under the assumption that he got away with it once so he would probably get away with it again.  And he has discovered that intimidation works (because why else would the victim not cooperate).  His friends are all watching and they are making the same conclusions.  Meanwhile, a 14-year-old girl was raped and has been intimidated into not cooperating with the police, and I presume she is seeing her rapist every day at school.  How much horrible could her life get?

As a parent I would like clarification if the rape happened during the school day and within the school building, or if it was after school when there is less supervision of students?  I also would like to know how the rape was discovered.  These can be disclosed without violating the victim's privacy.[/quote]

The police were called at 2:30 - in the middle of the school day.  A FOIA for dispatch logs has revealed this fact.  The initial report by the superintendent also said there were multiple assailants.[/quote]

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