Comments on: JUDGE TO WOMAN: WATCH A TAPE OF YOUR OWN RAPE OR GO TO JAIL

By: secured credit

secured credit — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:42:53 +0000

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You have a will that can be influenced by all with whom you come in contact.

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:59:10 +0000

The man was acquitted after showing the video tape frame by frame, thus being able to take each movement by the victim and turn it into something that wasn’t. A victim’s rights advocate quoted in the Chicagot Trib story:

“We’re down to those same stereotypes–she was drinking, she was asking for it,” said Linda Healy, executive director of Mutual Ground, a suburban counseling program for sexual assault victims.

“We hold the standards that the victim, who is almost always a woman, is somehow supposed to prevent this from happening if it’s something she didn’t want,” said Polly Poskin of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

And if the guy was so all fired innocent, why did he flee the country?

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:07:48 +0000

I think you should re-visit your story. The accused was acquitted. The defense attorney was not “scum”. Maybe the jury got it exactly right. The “alleged” victim’s loss of memory may well have been faked due to the actual evidence of the tapes. From your story and the reactions to such an outragous “crime” it seems they should have found him guilty. Will we be hearing any outrage from “Shakespears sister” or Zorn about an boy falsely accused?

By: And Rightly So! » Thursday Evening Blog Crashing

And Rightly So! » Thursday Evening Blog Crashing — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:33:04 +0000

[...] Rick writes about the woman who has been told she has to view her own rape, which she survived but was unconscious during the act. There are many reactions to this, and Rick asks the right questions. Good thought provoking stuff on such a sad topic. [...]

By: NIF

NIF — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:57:24 +0000

Here’s why

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By: jackson80

jackson80 — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:35:25 +0000

just because you are a judge does not mean that you cant be a fool too.

By: Riehl World View

Riehl World View — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:35:23 +0000

Chicago Rape Case Update

Along with what I previously posted, read more on the incident from Rick Moran here.