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45. It's not up to the lawyer---if your client wants to act the fool, there's really little you

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:34 PM

Aug 2013

can do. You can advise your client, but if they will not listen, then you cannot stop them.

You know, there's some people who simply do not conform to any societal expectations. None.

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'Most of the sex ... was consensual': Castro's blame-the-victim act all too familiar, abuse experts [View all] Galraedia Aug 2013 OP

MOST of the sex????? AlbertCat Aug 2013 #1

I agree with you completely. Ilsa Aug 2013 #3

Some DUers get upset AlbertCat Aug 2013 #6

Rape is nothing to wish on anyone, even a rapist. Prison rape is not a joke. uppityperson Aug 2013 #21

He, and those like him, are the reason that I support the death penalty panzerfaust Aug 2013 #25

Amen! No one, NO ONE deserves to be raped duhneece Aug 2013 #30

Rape wasn't part of the sentence. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #47

Some of us are so silly we want him locked away forever, not raped in return. uppityperson Aug 2013 #33

I hope the man that Ilsa Aug 2013 #34

Sorry for what you suffered Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #39

Thank you for understanding. Ilsa Aug 2013 #41

I'm glad they get free health care in prison. Wait Wut Aug 2013 #2

Sociopath. He hasn't learned a damn thing about Ilsa Aug 2013 #4

piece of filth. enjoy your time as a prisoner instead of the warden, asshole nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #5

What a sick warped person! nt sheshe2 Aug 2013 #7

Key quote:"abuse experts said they hear that kind of language and justification every day." Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #8

Great point. This guy thinks that because the girls weren't virgins, he had the right to Squinch Aug 2013 #11

Absolutely - it's a chilling article not because (at least not mainly because) petronius Aug 2013 #18

+1 LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #27

I want to cuss so bad. tblue Aug 2013 #9

I'm sure he probably convinced himself of that NewJeffCT Aug 2013 #10

"I'm not a violent person. Brigid Aug 2013 #12

"Welcome to your new digs, Mr Castro. This is Bubba, your cellmate. truthisfreedom Aug 2013 #13

"And everything that happens in this cell will be consensual" jessie04 Aug 2013 #31

He left out the part about how they also forced him rocktivity Aug 2013 #14

I can't believe his lawyers allowed him to talk. nt TBF Aug 2013 #15

At this point, christx30 Aug 2013 #38

It's not up to the lawyer---if your client wants to act the fool, there's really little you msanthrope Aug 2013 #45

That makes sense - TBF Aug 2013 #50

He's leaving prison in a pine box or an ash can, msanthrope Aug 2013 #54

This trash isn't going to last long in prison trublu992 Aug 2013 #16

Hard to say Kennah Aug 2013 #17

he probably Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #26

Castro is disgusting. blue neen Aug 2013 #19

It was hard for me to stomach too. Sounded like my father and brother's justification of what they LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #28

Blaming the victim. It seems that's what cowards do. blue neen Aug 2013 #29

Thank you. I wish the world wasn't such a crappy place. LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #36

Ya know I have to wonder though if this could have been avoided if cstanleytech Aug 2013 #20

How about we blame the asshole that did it... Pelican Aug 2013 #23

I didnt say he wasnt at fault pel, just wondering if things might have been different cstanleytech Aug 2013 #42

sociopathy and narcissism are untreatable. nt laundry_queen Aug 2013 #24

People get pissed if the govt knows your phone number Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #35

Heh, they have to want to be cured Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #40

He isn't treatable. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #46

Not now of course. If the country had mental healthcare 40 or 50 years ago who knows cstanleytech Aug 2013 #48

Some will sympathize with this scumbag: freshwest Aug 2013 #22

He won't last long in prison. jessie04 Aug 2013 #32

Insight into how rapists think BainsBane Aug 2013 #37

Fuck this piece of dogshit. I don't condone abuse of prisoners, but this fucker deserves nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #43

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Oh boo hoo hoo tavernier Aug 2013 #49

Justice is different than revenge - TBF Aug 2013 #51

You're right. tavernier Aug 2013 #52

I totally understand - TBF Aug 2013 #53