Judge Sorry for Comments on Teen Rape Victim

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4. She was 14 years old. She was not a woman. She was a girl.

She was not "older than her chronological years." She was a girl in puberty. Not sure how to grow up, experiencing hormonal surges for the first time, trying to be independent but still very dependent. In need, like *all* children in puberty, of protection from herself and her own confused feelings.

It wouldn't matter if she humped his leg begging for it. As a child, she needed protection from her own feelings pumped up by hormones.

As an adult, and especially as an adult in a position of responsibility, he was charged with protecting her from her confused feelings, not taking advantage of her vulnerability and exploiting them.

What a fucked up, ignorant jerk of a judge. He should be removed.