The distinction I was trying to make is that there is not a jury system at all. The decision about whether to charge, and the adjudication itself, will be made by legal professionals. Thank you for helping clarify the reading, though.

Prison isn't about vengeance in the civilized world, it's about benefiting society for example you are more than 4 times less likely to be killed in Germany than in the USA.

A always, Google is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Mei…

Many will not care as her attacker is a Serbian Muslim, thus not in their minds a white man.

They guy asked to be killed and wanted to be eaten in fact he found his killed online just so somebody would kill and eat him.

Thank you, Tugce.

Just to be clear, are you being a dick about the commendable actions by a woman of Turkish descent, or are you being a dick about the dude of Serbian descent dude who killed her?

I don't know what you're implying. Tugce Albayrak was an immigrant too. And was her attacker even an immigrant. I know he came from Serbia, I haven't read anything that said he was an immigrant to Germany.

According to the rather extensive German press coverage the attacker punched her head, she fell and hit her head on the hard pavement. It is unclear at this point whether her extensive head injuries were caused by the punch or by her fall. It is also unclear whether he meant to kill her or 'just' wanted to beat her…

Hi. German here. Here is a link from the Frankfurter Allgemeine about this case. This story certainly does not say that the accused murderer and his friends are being coddled. I assure this is an extremely unlikely scenario, that a foreign national would be "coddled" by the Polizei here. Germany has a different legal…

That's the funny thing about that "due process" thing. Everyone complains about it, until it's them in the clink.

"It's been made clear to him that it was wrong" is pretty sad, too. He didn't know it was wrong before someone spelled it out to him? It's a shame this woman thinks so little of herself that this is who she feels she deserves.

I don't even get the kid's logic. To me, screaming = rape. I doubt she was screaming like a porn star, "oh, yeah, give it to me." No, probably screaming in pain. How could one hear that and conclude, nope, definitely not rape?

I totally agree. I'm not sure we need to change first, but we need to change as well. While mostly men do the raping, rape culture is something that girls/women buy into and we need to educate ourselves and our daughters about the techniques of predators, but more, about trusting other women and thinking that…

I was so happy that there was at least one true human being amongst the peripheral characters— that boy had absolutely the right response and did absolutely the right thing. It's so sad that he's an anomaly.

As he listened to Brian talk, he says, "I knew right off the bat it wasn't cool. Like, that's not cool to do. I don't care if you are my buddy, honestly, that's some heinous stuff to do somebody." He says he pulled out his phone and started to record the audio. "What bothered me the most is he thought it was…

You know how usually the double standard regarding male vs. female promiscuity just seems annoying? This is an example of how fucking dangerous it is. Look how they're discrediting the victims. "She has a lot of sex, therefore she's an untrustworthy whore trying to damage the reputation of this guy who also has a lot…

Suspending the girl for showing up still-drugged after her rape, when she was trying to seek help, sent SUCH a clear message..... "Rape culture is alive and well, so you better not seek help from any authorities, because they'll only punish you instead of your rapist, and you don't want that kind of trouble, now do…

When Grace's mother contacted the school to complain about her daughter's treatment and its alleged cause, she says a school administrator told her, "Maybe you should keep her out of school until this calms down."

Next time someone asks why people don't go to the police, remember the misinformation that Jan and Grace were given. Staff at your local crisis centers will know the laws, as well as be trained for this situation. I once had to go toe to toe with a cop who was victim blaming my service user as she lie in bed waiting…