But this poor, downtrodden white man with a promising future has had his carefree smile and love of steak stolen from him by facing punishment for his 20 minutes of action. He may never smile again! /s

They have a complete lack of empathy that is sadly commonplace and monsterous.

Ugh... it would be so awesome to sue his family and hear his father explain how “sexual promiscuity” led to his son raping an unconscious woman.

Those by far were the most disturbing and blood boiling words in his dad’s bullshit letter.

I agree. To be honest, I’d like to see both pictures side by side for all parties. I’d like to see the smiling yearbook photo that shows it could just as easily be your friendly next door neighbor, and the mugshot to show that someone who looks so innocent can easily change into someone who suddenly looks like a…

One reason the EU “right to be forgotten” rule is so pernicious. There are certain things you’re not entitled to hide and a rape conviction is one of them.

I mean they are monsters but they are a common breed and most look like us.

Also (as someone above mentioned), it makes them much more recognizable in real life. This shit heel will go back to smiling and looking like that as soon as he’s free. Since we can’t brand him with a scarlet R, the least we can do is show what he’ll look like in the wild.

Yeah, maybe in this case she might get some of that “sweet rape money” we all keep hearing about. I hope a civil suit is forthcoming and I hope it destroys his father’s shit-eating, old boys, misogynist bank account.

YUP, thank you. I think the idea that rapists are monsters leads to more rape.

So I agree that it’s bullshit to have mugshots shown for some people and not for others. But for rape, I kind of wish all of the photos were of the smiling, yearbook type. There’s this perception that rapists are different - not your neighbor or your boyfriend or your brother. But they are. And the more we see that a…

Yeah but knowing what he actually look like could be helpful.

The one consolation about this smiley face picture being used is that it will be much easier for women to identify him in public in the future. Memorize that evil smile, let’s all memorize it.

Stassa, certainly the freedom of information act is relevant here, right? This is public record. How in the world can they get away with this?

This whole thing is just like this horrifying concoction of white privilege, male privilege, rape culture, and misogyny.