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In reply to the discussion: Meet the Swedish heroes, the grad students who tackled the Stanford rapist [View all]whopis01
(3,907 posts)49. His father is absolutely correct (or at least he should be correct)
His son's life should be ruined for that 20 minutes of action.
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Meet the Swedish heroes, the grad students who tackled the Stanford rapist [View all]
pnwmom
Jun 2016
OP
more like three. apparently, they are already planning on time off for "good behaviour"
niyad
Jun 2016
#24
Absolutely, Bless their hearts! I am still completely gobsmacked by the rapist's father's response:
Raster
Jun 2016
#6
Skyrocketing rapes coinciding with the massive influx of midle eastern & north african immigrants
Quantess
Jun 2016
#33
That's a travesty, since there is a long-established, if fairly small, Jewish population in Sweden.
Quantess
Jun 2016
#61
apparently he was sentenced to six, but will be able to get out in three for "good behaviour"
niyad
Jun 2016
#26
Would dear old dad call it "20 minutes of action" if it was his daughter being raped?
keithbvadu2
Jun 2016
#21
Perhaps, it's not so fanciful to imagine. It reflects a very low level of moral
Joe Chi Minh
Jun 2016
#48
thank you for posting this. nice to know a little bit about these two truly decent beings.
niyad
Jun 2016
#25
I raised two sons. I have no doubt they would have done what these two good men did.
mountain grammy
Jun 2016
#29
I just wonder what Bill Cosby would have done if he had walked by and observed this woman
avaistheone1
Jun 2016
#32
OK, why was it ONLY sexual assault and not a rape conviction? Also, how can the defendent...
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#53