Calif. court tosses rape conviction, says old law doesn't protect unmarried victims

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4. A good judge wouldn't drop the hammer even if it was his daughter.

Well, first of all a judge would never rule on a case involving his family. However, even if he did a good judge would pass the same ruling regardless of whether it was a stranger or a daughter. Judges should rule on the law and merits of a case, not their personal feelings on the matter. So assuming this was an accurate reading of the law then a good judge would apply the same ruling regardless.

All that being said I don't know the law well enough to comment on whether this ruling was legally correct or not and I hope the guy is the sentence stands at retrial because the guy is scum, but I take issue with your statement regarding the judge passing a separate ruling for his daughter.