Another Gang-Rape. Another Crap Job by Cops. Another Dead Girl. How to Change It.

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/another-gang-rape-another-crap-job-by-cops-another-dead-girl-how-to-change-it/

Snips: "Look at Steubenville, Torrington, Nova Scotia, and any other such case you care to look at. Have any of the local officials who failed so miserably lost their jobs, been fined, or called to account in any way? No. They do a rotten job and it does not matter. They can allow rape to happen and pay no price for their pro-criminal activities."

"A modest proposal: it’s time we put any and all failed local officials up on trial as accomplices to rape, whenever they fail to protect and serve the victims of sex crimes. Imagine if, for example, Sheriff Fred Abdalla of Steubenville had to register as a sex offender. Do you think that would get the attention of the pro-rape cops around America? You bet it would."

More at the link.

[L0oniX]

1. Raped ...harrassed ...pictures passed around in school ...then suicide.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/14/17747411-california-case-another-three-part-tragedy-of-rape-cyber-bullying-and-suicide?lite

[riqster]

2. Eight fucking months and the cops did nothing

Only when the media made them look bad did they do anything. Bastards.

[Xithras]

3. The sad reality is that our court system is to blame.

In the majority of these cases, the police do not pursue charges because they realize there's insufficient evidence to actually get any kind of conviction. DA's know the score, and they don't like to waste their time with cases they consider to be unwinnable. They know what the standard of evidence is to secure a rape conviction, and the tragic reality is that a huge number of rape cases do not provide that level of evidence. The arrests after the suicides aren't a response to the evidence, but to public pressure.

While it's nice to see an arrest, most of the boys in these cases will end up going free at the end of the day because of lack of evidence. This is doubly true in the cases where it was essentially the victims word against the attackers, because the victim is no longer available to testify or refute her attackers claims. Their defense attorneys will weed out any prospective jurors who may be sympathetic to the idea of a "dead rape victim", leaving only the jurors who will focus on the evidence. In most of these cases, without a victim to testify, there simply won't be enough evidence to lock them away.

In the case of this latest young woman, her attackers won't even be publicly shamed. California law will prevent their names from ever being released, and their juvenile court records will be sealed.

[Initech]

4. If that doesn't get their attention what will?

CCA can go fuck off and die the slow horrible death it deserves. We lock up petty offenders at the drop of a hat. Real criminals and corrupt douchebag cops go free. If we don't stop allowing these people to think they're above the law, how many more of these victims will we see?