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uppityperson

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7. I find it interesting those protesting "innocent until proven guilty" in support of Kai yet agree

Reply to cali (Reply #6)

Fri May 17, 2013, 09:54 PM

May 2013

that he was raped, that the guy who was killed does not get the "innocent until proven guilty" thing. Reading about it on facebook and here and other places, not a DU in particular, just that people are more willing to believe innocence for some purported crimes than others.

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(story update) Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, arrested on suspicion of murder [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

Sad. nt Xipe Totec May 2013 #1

Rape victims, male or female, who kill their rapists within 24 hours of the rape will get off if I stevenleser May 2013 #2

I understand the sentiment, but then I'd have to live with not only being raped but being a murderer uppityperson May 2013 #3

I started to type a response - and erased it. You have conveyed my sentiment salin May 2013 #4

And to you, and thank you. eom uppityperson May 2013 #5

we sure don't know that this guy was raped. He spent 2 nights with the man he murdered cali May 2013 #6

I find it interesting those protesting "innocent until proven guilty" in support of Kai yet agree uppityperson May 2013 #7

He could be another bat shit crazy hustler who bashed in the head of an old man. alphafemale May 2013 #14

But then the accused rapist does not get his day in court Yo_Mama May 2013 #9

Oh there still would have to be an investigation, and I am not advocating anyone do it. But... stevenleser May 2013 #12

The guy who supposedly went after the PG&E workers was in court this week XemaSab May 2013 #8

do the PG&E workers know who it was ? JI7 May 2013 #10

I'm sorry to hear that. Captain Stern May 2013 #11

..and in the end, Kai was the one beyond haole... dionysus May 2013 #13