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Showing Original Post only (View all)Judge Kurt Eisgruber tells raped wife she needs to forgive husband, zero prison time for husband [View all]
Man Found Guilty of Drugging and Raping Wife Gets No Prison Time
by Luke O'Neil | 2:18 pm, May 20th, 2014 2
His wife was snippy and drugging her made her nicer is how an Indianapolis man convicted of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife explained his actions in court. The offenses, carried out over the course of three years, netted Indiana resident David Wise a grand total of zero years in prison after a trial in which he was found guilty.
Mary Boardman says she confronted her husband about his suspicious behavior, and her mysterious drug-induced sleepiness, before reporting him to the police along with videos he had taken of the rapes, according to the Indy Star. I was taking advantage of you in your sleep and you kept coming to me and telling me it was NOT ok, Wise explained to her in an email. I needed to stop.
The jury who heard the case against Wise apparently agreed, finding him guilty of six felony counts, including rape and criminal deviate conduct. Each of those might normally come with six to twenty year sentences, Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Courtney Curtis told the Los Angeles Times.
The judge in question, Kurt Eisgruber, apparently didnt think it was all that serious of an offense, applying a 12 year suspended sentence, and eight years of home detention pls two years probation. As if that werent insult enough, Eisgruber told Boardman, who, again, was repeatedly rapd and drugged by her own husband, that she needed to forgive him. He explained to the Times:
I hope that you can forgive him one day, because hes obviously struggled with this and struggled to this day, and I hope that she could forgive him. Ultimately, I think that helps a lot of people heal it helps them to reach that point, Eisgruber added. Some can, some cannot. Im not in her shoes, Im not able to say one way or another Its not something thats limited to her or this case. But when people are really struggling, I just offer that out. I just hope that they find peace.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/man-found-guilty-of-drugging-and-raping-wife-gets-no-prison-time/
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Judge Kurt Eisgruber tells raped wife she needs to forgive husband, zero prison time for husband [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
May 2014
OP
Facebook page came down about an hour ago. 'Cause he's so.......y'know.......BRAVE.
WillowTree
May 2014
#21
What are we doing? We're ending rape culture by saying it doesn't matter! Works for some...
freshwest
May 2014
#41
And all this asshole is thinking about is the husband's "struggle." What an imbecile.
Squinch
May 2014
#18
He should have been molested by a cop at an OWS rally. Then he would have gotten some time.
Scuba
May 2014
#28
What a bunch of meaningless babble. He just talks on and on without saying anything real at all.
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#39
bet he's never sermonized on forgiveness to a MALE victim of ANYTHING.
BlancheSplanchnik
May 2014
#43
She'd do better to spend the money on a divorce, not an appeal.No wife should commit to that kind of
ancianita
May 2014
#45
... Boardman, who was married to Wise for 12 years until their 2009 divorce, said
struggle4progress
May 2014
#55
... The assaults, based on the dates on the smartphone videos, happened in 2008. The woman went
struggle4progress
May 2014
#56
... In January 2010, she told police she had been receiving harassing text messages and calls
struggle4progress
May 2014
#57