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dark forest

(110 posts)

28. And so he should

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 09:06 PM

Jun 2016

There is no excuse for rape, nor for treating it so frivolously

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Stanford sexual assault: judge facing recall campaign over light sentence [View all] Eugene Jun 2016 OP

As it should be...ride him out of town on a rail. n/t CincyDem Jun 2016 #1

Amen!! uponit7771 Jun 2016 #2

Our local cat box liner's top columnist has no problem with the sentence whatsoever KamaAina Jun 2016 #3

However... kimmylavin Jun 2016 #11

Commenters at the Merc site making sense?! KamaAina Jun 2016 #12

Well... kimmylavin Jun 2016 #17

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2016 #4

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Jun 2016 #5

As He Should Norman Conch Quest Jun 2016 #6

Ibdo wonder how many women this judge victimized in college.... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #7

one does wonder. and the judge is a stanford alum, and former captain of their lacrosse team. niyad Jun 2016 #31

Oh, how I hope that judge is recalled. radicalliberal Jun 2016 #8

Somehow I don't think it is this judge's first time issuing light-sentences. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #9

‘20 minutes of action’: father defends Stanford student son convicted of sexual assault progree Jun 2016 #10

Did he just call rape "20 minutes of action?" gollygee Jun 2016 #13

So it seems. 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #27

As I said in another, related thread Saviolo Jun 2016 #16

The most sickening excuse I have ever read. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #23

That's what I was thinking too. progree Jun 2016 #24

Fuck Him! Lochloosa Jun 2016 #30

Someone did...that's the problem. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #35

I wonder how this jackass would feel awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #32

Another case of Affluenza n/t aggiesal Jun 2016 #14

The apple sure doesn't fall far from the tree DebbieCDC Jun 2016 #15

almost brings a tear to your eye, don't it? rurallib Jun 2016 #18

"and welcoming smile" -- doesn't need that when the victim is unconcious. n/t progree Jun 2016 #19

poor baby shanti Jun 2016 #34

"Now he barely consumes any food and eats only to exist." Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #37

I hope this judge never works a day again in his miserable life. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #20

Makes you wonder how many other rape victims have Greywing Jun 2016 #21

Millions probably, and there are probably a million other victims who never smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #22

who elected the judge? Takket Jun 2016 #25

In California elljay Jun 2016 #33

a couple of different thoughts on this issue--one of the reasons why we punish people is to stop Akamai Jun 2016 #26

And so he should dark forest Jun 2016 #28

thank you. I read that there are over 86,000 signatures at change.org niyad Jun 2016 #29

We as a society must have minimum standards. Nobody should be immune to these standards. Rex Jun 2016 #36