Completely agree. Who am I to say whether Boo on Orange is the New Black is attractive or not. Some women would obviously find her to be their ideal beauty.

My first email was to a woman on Match.com, and we literally met 2 hours later. That was back in the late 90’s, when the Internet dating scene had a certain innocence about it and people thought, “My god, how cool is this?”

I don’t know where you live. But here in Austin, If you call the cops and say, “I was just raped,” then yes, they will be there as soon as humanly possible. How do I know this? Because I work in law enforcement, and “rape” is given a higher priority than any other violent crime. The dispatcher doesn’t ask, “was it…

Because unlike murder, robbery, carjacking, stabbing, or home invasion, where there’s usually a dead body, fingerprints, a broken nose, wounds and blood, or stolen loot, many rapes take place between a man and a woman in private and don’t leave blatant signs of violence. So, it becomes her word against his word. And,…

Sure, we have the presumption of innocence, and no one would send someone to prison for 20 years unless they were 99.9% sure they were guilty. But that’s completely separate matter from a governing body acting outside the legal bounds of society and condoning gang rape.

Yeah, but we’re now in 2015, not 1955. Completely different times.

India is an enormous country with many micro cultures. This isn’t representative of “Indian culture.” This is one micro culture in India that’s disgusting. That’s all. No one is bashing all 1.2 billion Indians.

Yeah, but here it’s not culturally sanctioned by the “elders” of a community. Pretty much every DA in this country would send gang rapists to the penitentiary for many, many years.

Never said or implied that, and I don’t feel guilty in the least. What I am saying is that institutionalized racism is so deep seated that those with the best of intentions are often the worst offenders.

No, the jury DIDN’T believe his story about not having sex, but they also didn’t believe the woman’s story that Labrie knowingly had sex with her against her will. Since both of them changed their stories in the days after the encounter, the jury basically found both of them to be half correct.

Yes.

DNA and/or semen in the vaginal area. Tearing consistent with forced entry. Obviously, if if a rapist holds a gun to someone’s throat and uses saliva or lubrication, the kit won’t find that. However, in a case like this, they’d be looking for swelling and redness, tears, scratches, bruises, etc.

Correct. However, many people are to eager to condemn this kid without entertaining the possibility that these were two clumsy children who weren’t all that experienced or good at communicating their likes and dislikes. The girl even testified that she did far more giggling than anything else during this episode.

New Hampshire has one of the most mellow prison systems in the US, second only to Vermont. Very few gangs, mostly just regular, non-affiliated guys doing their time. He’ll do okay if he goes away for a few years.

Or, it’s possible that they basically believed the girl’s testimony but didn’t believe she said, “no,” or otherwise gave any clear indication that it wasn’t consensual. Or, that they felt there was still “reasonable doubt” that she did.

The prosecution did a horrible job of presenting the evidence to the point where the jury was left without a “reasonable doubt.”

Obviously he’s relieved that he didn’t get convicted of the most serious charges, but “misdemeanor sexual assault” isn’t exactly a medal of honor.

I agree- no 18 year old man should have sex with any girl under the age of consent, regardless of the “three year rule” or “four year rule.”

Regardless of the “three year rule” or “four year rule,” no 18 year old should have sex with a girl who’s under the age of consent. Period! The jury did the right thing.

No, but I’m also not going to argue that black people are “predisposed” to violence. That’s just silly.