Judge on Stanford attacker's consent claims: "I take him at his word"

and I am very tempted.

Really bad judgment, judge...

who used to be a prosecutor specializing in sex crimes, one would think he would know better.

That's sort of a problem. It's not he-said/she-said.

It's he-said/ ... .

Even if the judge said, "Don't believe the kid" it wouldn't have much mattered, I suspect because there's no competing claim. Instead of, "I take him at his word," the judge would have said, "No basis for an opinion." Which leaves us ... where, exactly?

you can't give consent.

unconscious (which is how the swedes found her) she was incapable of consent. PERIOD! I do not know why this is such a difficult concept for some to grasp.

you are nothing more than a rape apologist, and I hope your days on the bench are coming to a close through recall. you are a disgrace.

Of course you can take the defendant at his word that he "remembered consent." It's very convenient and self-serving for Mr. Turner to say so, but there's no reason to doubt that that's what Mr. Turner remembered. After all, even a judge can't read a person's mind.

The problem with Mr. Turner's remembrance, though, is that the woman he was in the process of raping wasn't conscious. It's really tough to get someone's consent in that state. That thing I just said about reading a person's mind? Yeah, it goes for the defendant, too. He can't read his victim's mind and claim there was consent when she wasn't competent to give consent because she was unconscious.

See how that works, your honor? It sounds like you were gulled, either by a devious defendant who is much smarter than you, or of your own volition.

Consent isn't a one-time yes or no. It is an ongoing agreement for personal intimacy. If someone consents to sexual contact, THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY TIME! And if they're unconscious, that's a NO. Always. This should not be difficult!

"I'll take him at his word" or "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt"
has been heard in many sex assault cases.

check those records.

... two sober people?

Yeah, he should be recalled or impeached or some shit... he's a horrible

one's outrage and disgust with this man?

I can't even say what I am thinking right now!