I don’t know how she can remember the exact day and time. But that whole case had so many weird things about it, so I am glad that there could be a new trial with new information.

Trickle down feminism

I find it hard to believe they couldn’t have spoken to her friends and teachers and then used public records to fill in the blanks about where she was born and such. Not to mention that I’m sure there were lengthy statements about the victim during the first trial. The producers know exactly what defense attorneys…

This is one of my major problems with true crime entertainment. The victim’s story is rarely treated the same way as the suspects. They become a plot point as opposed to a person.

As someone who recently lost a very good friend to a brutal murder by manual strangulation - I listened to Serial and couldn’t help but think about Hae’s poor family. We know for a fact who committed the murder of my friend, but the unimaginable pain and anguish it has caused her family and friends is something you…

The way Hae’s life and death were treated by the podcast and its fans remains bizarre to me. Whether or not you think Adnan is guilty, this girl is still dead and that death is still a tragedy.

Old white people do love butterscotch

No, Obama has been pretty awful on deportations. Too lazy (i.e. inebriated, happy super bowl!) to look up the numbers but enforcement got a lot more aggressive when he took over than it was under Bush, as a result of executive branch decisions. I think the idea was that if they fully enforced existing laws then it…

I get what Chris Rock is saying, but Kerry Washington or Gabrielle Union don’t need a man to speak for them.

Nope. No. I think this is another place where the usual feminist stance diverts from what black women want and need. Time and time again black women have stood up for black men and fought for them, only to be left in the dust by black men. Listen to a black woman talk and we will often say we wish black men stood up…

We will have to disagree on this one. I consider an email that basically consents to more abuse to be a major problem for the prosecution.

See I think it’s fair game for the defense to examine what the victim said about the encounter the day after. Defense attorneys aren’t supposed to be sensitive to victims, they are supposed to advocate for their client’s interest. The key issue is whether or not the encounter was consensual: her email the next day…

How do you expect to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accuser didn’t consent when she sent an email asking for more abuse?

i know all those things and still i am just like scratching my head in this case. the victims are saying they didn’t consent, i believe them, but DeCoutere emailed him the day after essentially inviting him for another round...that email makes it sound like she was cool with and consenting to future instances of the…

Is it really that unreasonable to expect someone to say at some point “that wasn’t cool” or “don’t do that”? I’m not sure saying “I love your hands” will get the point across that his behaviour was unacceptable.

I make no judgments about it or it’s relation to credibility but the email the day after...that’s weird at least, right?

first - At this risk of sounding lame as fuck: What the hell is wavy?

This reminds me of the time just after Amber and Wiz hooked up.

I’m sure you’re the first one protesting whenever a Western bomb hits a family compound to hit a particular target. I bet you work tirelessly to make sure children of dysfunctional parents have every opportunity more advantaged children do.

It’s too much to “handle” or excuse because Black. Man. Slave. Revolt. No other reason. You are seriously going to try to wring your hands over this? Really? REALLY???