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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.‘So I raped you.’ Facebook message renews fight for justice
By MARYCLAIRE DALE MOORESTOWN, New Jersey©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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GdTokyo
Um, she reported it and tood a rape test so presumably there is physical evidence. AND the alleged rapist admitted as much on her FB page. What is the problem?
englisc aspyrgend
Local Gaijin, no sorry you are wrong, rape is rape. Glad Gaijinjland didn’t let it get to him too badly or allow it to define him but others are not so lucky, rape is a violation of self and can have devastating consequences.
Gaijinjland
Pretty sure I was, by definition, raped by a Japanese girl in university when I was drunk out of my mind and not in my senses. I told my buddies and they just laughed and said nice and patted me on the back. If I were a woman people would make a big deal about it. Oh well, it makes for good bar banter and I honestly laugh about it now.
snowymountainhell
Only 1 in 5 sexual assaults on American college campuses are reported to law enforcement.
isoducky
I get why the prosecutor won't push charges with alcohol involved. If it's a criminal case and she had been drinking, jurors are likely to place some responsibility on her which means doubt on him. I'm surprised Keller hasn't proceeded with a civil case against her attacker. Given the Facebook message, burden of proof is accomplished.
JJ Jetplane
@GdTokyo
Law enforcement are idiots. That's the problem.
GdTokyo
JJ,
That's kind of what I was thinking as well. Seems like they do not want to do their jobs.
snowymountainhell
Agreed, @englisc aspyrgend 8:02pm:
... regardless of the victim’s gender. Yet, again, the J law is lagging interpreting some aspects of sexual assault crimes:
Regarding @7:04pm
Regarding @7:09pm
However, the interpretation of the law that only the act of inserting genitalia constitutes sexual intercourse has not changed after the amendment.
The statutory penalty is set at "imprisonment for not less than 6 months but not more than 10 years" compared to "imprisonment for a definite term of not less than 5 years" for the crime of forcible sexual intercourse.” -
snowymountainhell
Some are not reading the details @englisc aspyrgend 4:52am.
Perhaps watching & listening to their video accounts is necessary: - https://twitter.com/Maryclairedale -
Ms. Amir-Aslani had been groped by the same guy earlier in the evening and Ms. Keeler intervened. He later pursued Keeler to a separate building, her dormitory.
She then followed every legal requirement to pursue the case.
snowymountainhell
The suspect fled the campus and school authorities didn’t/couldn’t pursue their case.
In the US, criminal cases in heard in court first, then, civil matters are pursued.
It’s suspected the DA’s office, at the time of the allegations, simply ‘ran out the clock’ for any civil case. The suspect may have felt confident he was clear of a civil pursuit yet still feared(?) the 12 year criminal statute of limitations had not run out. So then, the Facebook messages.
englisc aspyrgend
Alcohol is not an excuse, it is an exacerbating circumstance.
isoducky, it states the time limit for a civil case had expired when the district attorney said they would not be proceeding with the case thus (deliberately?) leaving her with no legal recourse.
gaicuckojin
looks like someone is gate keeping and victim blaming
In these hard times I always like to look at inspirational people like Asia Argento the co leader of the #Metoo movement, who raped an underaged victim while drunk and blamed the victim for the incident while their cohorts went on the media pleaded with the public to disregard the victim
snowymountainhell
Sure, we all know about the hypocrisy of that story @8:50pm. Sarcasm aside, what’s your relevant point about the the two victims in the above story?
Jonathan Prin
All is not said. How heavily drunk was she ? Because then anything can happen. Judge don't blatantly send the case off for no reason. What was the justification ?
Every case is a specific case. None of us can and should judge.
Leave it to justice.
Local Gaijin
Clearly not the same thing.