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In reply to the discussion: Judge Calls 18-Year-Old a ‘B****.’ But She’s Only Trying to Help… [View all]B Calm
(28,762 posts)48. and what the fuck does this have to do with racism?
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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
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
That and when rape is part of the punishment, it's usually for nonviolent
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#12
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
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
So rape is an appropriate punishment for burglary, what if the burglar was female? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2015
#16
If she's sentencing people to prison knowing they will be raped, that's criminal.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2015
#42
The kid should be doing cartwheels across the floor. Many people are in prison for a lot less.
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#22
How can she be part of a system, knowing that rape is what she's sentencing offenders to?
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2015
#35
Then she's complicit in rape. And she seems pretty nonchalant about it, too.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2015
#43