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riqster

(13,986 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:58 PM Apr 2013

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Accused Child-Molester Cites Her Racism as a Defense

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/accused-child-molester-cites-her-racism-as-a-defense/

Snip: "Ms. Stokes’ defense is truly novel: she claims that she could not have molested the girl because of her racism. Yes, that is what she says: since she hates black children, according to her “logic”, she could not have touched the child. Truly, an epic bit of “reasoning” on the part of the accused.

Of course, sexual assault is a crime of violence, not romance: so hating the person you’re accused of attacking actually makes you look even more likely to have committed the crime in question. "

More at the link.