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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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[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There is going to be a new trial, everybody chill out.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 minutes ago

fuck if i understand belgian law, but it seems appropriate to say what the fuck is this

[–] Kbibble@lemm.ee 21 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

This article feels super rage bait-y to be honest. Like my first reaction at the title is of course, being like "thats fucked up" but as im reading it, it feels like this article was written in a manipulative way. There's no sources at all, can't find any using English google, decided to literally figure out how to search Dutch google in Dutch just to find something more reputable and there's only this one site, which has 2 articles, the only 2 links in either is one article pointing to the other, and another link to what is clearly (from the add/article layout) a Belgium tabloid of some kind.

Like nothing about the people involved or the situation, but this website is some shit, and so is the other one covering this. They may be on the right side of this story but this website itself feels incredibly un-credible, and I wouldn't think to assume Belgium has some sort of news media problem where like, the gossip tabloids are the last bastions fighting for bodily autonomy and consent, where it would make sense that there is no other source.

[–] wtckt@lemm.ee 4 points 43 minutes ago

Thanks. That's the kind of comments Reddit was great for a long time ago. Now it's just immediate jump to outrage without anyone reading the article or doing any research when in doubt. And you even posted your conclusion. That's just very very helpful

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 35 minutes ago

you could use an editor, same here

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

Of course you, who looked into this, barely have any notice.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

In Belgium a couple of years ago a brown student died during a hazing at a fraternity. Every one involved , all white and sons of doctors, lawyers and judges, basically came away scott free. They were all sentenced to community service and weren’t found guilty for criminal negligence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sanda_Dia

Belgium has a elitism problem. Bet if this rapist was a brown medical student or a street sweeper or something he would’ve gotten jail time.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Obligatory reminder that Belgium has a unresolved problem with a pedophile ring raping and murdering children with impunity, enjoying protection and likely having direct involvement of the highest ranks of politics, police and judiciary.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1774436.stm