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MidwestTech

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7. A lifetime ban in the US vs a lifetime of trauma

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 03:11 PM

Jun 2016

yeah im gonna be siding with the victim on this one.

he can cope

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Stanford Sex Assault Convict Brock Turner Banned from USA Swimming for Life [View all] QED Jun 2016 OP

k/r Dawson Leery Jun 2016 #1

Good Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #2

He's going to pay regardless of his length of sentence. 7962 Jun 2016 #3

He will have to register as a sex offender ONLY IF he loses appeals. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #11

Oh, he's gonna lose his appeals! After all THIS? he doesnt stand a chance nt 7962 Jun 2016 #13

Appeals seem to be based on procedure and other esoteric legal stuff ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #14

Trump would pardon him greiner3 Jun 2016 #32

But but but... CincyDem Jun 2016 #4

A lifetime ban in the US vs a lifetime of trauma MidwestTech Jun 2016 #7

Had he shown remorse elljay Jun 2016 #9

Yep. christx30 Jun 2016 #15

See? His father was right. Twenty minutes of "action" did disrupt his son's life. tclambert Jun 2016 #5

It would take LESS than twenty minutes to commit murder. maddiemom Jun 2016 #20

Rape culture calls Violent Rape "action". . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #30

FFS, America hates women. He s/b in prison for years. nt valerief Jun 2016 #6

Agreed. But at least US Swimming got it right. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #8

Yes, they got it right. maddiemom Jun 2016 #22

Recall campaign gains speed against judge in Stanford rape case passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #27

Because America hates women. Just like Saudi Arabia hates women. And Afghanistan hates valerief Jun 2016 #31

misogyny and rape culture are not limited to other countries and cultures. niyad Jun 2016 #34

Glad to hear this secondwind Jun 2016 #10

He'll probably petition to have his name changed, since everyone knows it now n/t ailsagirl Jun 2016 #12

Bwahahahah! Good! smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #16

I saw that he testified abouty not using drugs and gopiscrap Jun 2016 #17

" testified abouty not using drugs and alcohol after a certain point" keithbvadu2 Jun 2016 #23

Awww, let's not be TOO Hard on the boy! Night Watchman Jun 2016 #18

I'm sure if Swim USA could jail him for 10 years, christx30 Jun 2016 #19

if he had gotten what he deserves, he would be too old to swim by the time he got out of prison. olddad56 Jun 2016 #21

Paul Ryan: The term “forcible rape” was “stock language” TomCADem Jun 2016 #24

His mom said people would "wrongly assume he is a child molester" instead of "just" a rapist QED Jun 2016 #25

No surprise that the mother is disgusting trash. Frank Cannon Jun 2016 #29

How could anyone assume ejbr Jun 2016 #33

that whole family is a disgusting waste of oxygen and resources. niyad Jun 2016 #35

And don't forget she can not decorate while all this is going on! Person 2713 Jun 2016 #36

I'd make him swim right after eating Gomez163 Jun 2016 #26

I always enjoy a warm bowl of schadenfreud cliffordu Jun 2016 #28

that judge made him far more well known as a sex offender than yurbud Jun 2016 #37