by Guest » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:24 pm
xtras1 wrote:Guest wrote:McHenry wrote:xtras1 wrote:Can't believe what I have just read .. the father's statement the judges statement! What kind of message does that send out. .. I don't think judges particularly male ones should hold court when it comes to rape.. they seem to feel the attacker is the victim.
Rape trials should be co-judged by a male and female.
Disagree. I think the gender is irrelevant. A decent judge will appreciate that rape is a heinous crime and that the effects of which, on the victim, are long lasting and long reaching and as such that should be reflected in a decent sentence across the board.
The effect of jail on a rapist shouldn't even come into the equation.
Yes when you put it like that.... I was being unintentionally sexist, just annoyed at the sentence & the judges comments.
Pitiful sentencing and disgraceful comments from the judge I agree. Not looking at anything from the victim's side, the meager sentence being further proof. In a parallel world I would have liked to have seen how a decent judge would have handled the case - pound to a penny this sexual predator's sorry arse would still behind bars. As it is he got a slap on the wrists and still him and his family complain.
[quote="xtras1"][quote="Guest"][quote="McHenry"][quote="xtras1"][quote="Guest"]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/judge-gave-stanford-sex-attacker-brock-turner-6-month-jail-sentence/
His parents sounded as vile as he was.[/quote]
Can't believe what I have just read .. the father's statement the judges statement! What kind of message does that send out. .. I don't think judges particularly male ones should hold court when it comes to rape.. they seem to feel the attacker is the victim.[/quote]
Rape trials should be co-judged by a male and female.[/quote]
Disagree. I think the gender is irrelevant. A decent judge will appreciate that rape is a heinous crime and that the effects of which, on the victim, are long lasting and long reaching and as such that should be reflected in a decent sentence across the board.
The effect of jail on a rapist shouldn't even come into the equation.[/quote]
Yes when you put it like that.... I was being unintentionally sexist, just annoyed at the sentence & the judges comments.[/quote]
Pitiful sentencing and disgraceful comments from the judge I agree. Not looking at anything from the victim's side, the meager sentence being further proof. In a parallel world I would have liked to have seen how a decent judge would have handled the case - pound to a penny this sexual predator's sorry arse would still behind bars. As it is he got a slap on the wrists and still him and his family complain.
