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[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

And when I say I don't trust judges and that the justice system of most places is broken for giving a single person the final decision power, based on whatever they think is right, people say I'm trolling.

Judges pull decisions out of their ass to fulfill whatever interest they have. Or sometimes just because they are stupid.

Good judges are super rare.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah in this case I think it's more a case of "hey this guy looks kind of like my son". In this case I think it led to a miscarriage of justice, but I think in other cases that kind of thinking could protect against excessively harsh punishments. In the end I think it comes down to inequality. Bigger inequality shrinks the pool of people judges can intuitively relate to, which in turn makes judgements more unequal.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The man hasn't been named by Belgian media. 😠

Internet detectives, hear my call! Find the name of this rapist so that we may plaster it everywhere like the rapist Brock Turner!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just like Brock Turner, the rapist!

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh Brock Allen Turner, the rapist who now goes by Allen Turner?

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago

At getting away with rape.

This truly is a prison planet.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Translation: this guy has wealth parents and is spoiled to high heaven

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well let's Brock Allen Turner this motherfucker

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's the guys name? You're right that we need to treat him like that other rapist, Brock Allen Turner.

[–] lordofthepants@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you guys talking about the rapist, Brock Allen Turner, or a different rapist named Brock Allen Turner?

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago (10 children)

They were both drunk. She was more drunk.

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[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

I remember an officer in the USCG accused of rape while I worked as a welder on base. Guy had to paint the fire lane on curbs for a month while his superiors quietly hushed up the incident so as to not disturb the guys advancement prospects (he was the kid of some higher rank admin).

I'm sure that taught him a lesson

/s

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (15 children)
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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

And people wonder why there are vigilantes.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If we are going to be ol fashioned then we are going to be ol fashioned.... If there is no justice we will go and find justice. We're even seeing this with the likes of Saint Luigi. People just don't understand history. FAFO

The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America David Stout

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

And his victim wasn't also young and talented? Are they concerned about how the victim will go on when this fucker walks back on campus?

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

JFC, I was afraid this was in the US. I'm not pleased to realize there are other places just as fucked up. Though in the US the excuse for letting him off would have to be that he was rich, not brilliant.

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