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Medical student convicted of raping another student escapes sentence as “He is young and talented” (www.vrt.be)

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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Latest case of affluenza. He needs the Brock Turner treatment. You remember the rapist Brock Turner, right?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The article doesn't mention this rapist's name, though.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Little coward is probably afraid of getting the Brock Allen Turner treatment.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If he's been convicted, he shouldn't have a choice about that.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

None of them do. The closest I could find were the initials "R.V".