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Humanist_Activist

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21. Exactly, and what's tragic is some of the non-violent offenders become violent...

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:26 AM

Oct 2015

to protect themselves, even going so far as to get "made" into a prison gangs for protection, that usually involves killing someone. So they end up as lifers.

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Judge Calls 18-Year-Old a �B****.� But She�s Only Trying to Help� [View all] n2doc Oct 2015 OP

She didn't call him a bitch, she said he would end up a bitch in prison. Misleading title. Shrike47 Oct 2015 #1

Agree. I read thru it and...said to self-She didn't call the younin that. ... riversedge Oct 2015 #4

How ryan_cats Oct 2015 #2

You Object Old Codger Oct 2015 #23

I ryan_cats Oct 2015 #24

A child? cwydro Oct 2015 #25

Much rather Old Codger Oct 2015 #30

LOL, Political Correctness has gone haywire. B Calm Oct 2015 #31

We have agreed as a society that 18 is the age of consent and that by every legal measure and 18 Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #26

Fine ryan_cats Oct 2015 #32

18 and you say that's an infant. When I was 18 I was in the US Navy B Calm Oct 2015 #34

Our prison system is embarrassing Oneironaut Oct 2015 #3

That and when rape is part of the punishment, it's usually for nonviolent MillennialDem Oct 2015 #12

Yup. Violent criminals will continue to look for prey Oneironaut Oct 2015 #15

But it's a poor kid who used a stolen credit card or got caught with weed, so it's ok for MillennialDem Oct 2015 #17

Of course it's not OK SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #20

This 1000 times. Saviolo Oct 2015 #38

I think it's more of a sickness in American society. I don't understand why we MillennialDem Oct 2015 #40

Exactly, and what's tragic is some of the non-violent offenders become violent... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #21

Our prison system should be considered an 8th amendment violation. n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #18

I'm more outraged romanic Oct 2015 #5

Exactly nt Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #7

So rape is an appropriate punishment for burglary, what if the burglar was female? n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #16

"that�s exactly what would happen to you.� rug Oct 2015 #6

No she couldn't. She's acting within her constitutionally granted powers. Calista241 Oct 2015 #9

The bench doesn't have First Amendment rights. rug Oct 2015 #10

Among the dumbest things I've ever read here n/t SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #11

How often do you click the "My Posts" tab? rug Oct 2015 #13

OOOOOOHHH you got me! SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #14

Not legally it isn't. Calista241 Oct 2015 #19

If she's sentencing people to prison knowing they will be raped, that's criminal. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #42

I just got done being a juror on a burglary case. The young man B Calm Oct 2015 #8

Really! catrose Oct 2015 #29

The kid should be doing cartwheels across the floor. Many people are in prison for a lot less. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #22

No kidding! The kid should be thanking this judge B Calm Oct 2015 #27

No, she described exactly what would happen to him in jail. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #28

The judge was kind... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #33

How can she be part of a system, knowing that rape is what she's sentencing offenders to? lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #35

Do you have a problem with reality? B Calm Oct 2015 #36

Yes. You don't? n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #37

There really isn't anything this one judge can do to change B Calm Oct 2015 #39

Judges are the top, the pinnacle, of the justice system. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #41

I guess I don't have any problems with this judge telling this criminal B Calm Oct 2015 #44

Then she's complicit in rape. And she seems pretty nonchalant about it, too. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #43

You make it sound like she is behind bars and helping a rapist. PC B Calm Oct 2015 #45

What the fuck does political correctness have to do with this? Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #46

and what the fuck does this have to do with racism? B Calm Oct 2015 #48

No, this "PC has gone too far" shit has gone too far. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #47