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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne more about your boy Moore reg. rape of a 12 yr. old.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thinkprogress.org/this-is-what-roy-moore-has-said-about-child-abuse-and-sexual-assault-c844cf8ff480/amp/Moore was the only vote in favor of a day care worker who raped a 12-year-old, claiming there was no implied threat of serious physical injury.
In 2015, while Moore was serving on the Alabama Supreme Court, he considered the case of Eric Lemont Higdon, a 17-year-old, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old at a daycare center. Higdon was found guilty under a sodomy statute that applied specifically to minors, as well another statute prohibiting rape. The second conviction was overturned by an appeals court and sent to the state supreme court for review.
Eight justices found that the 12-year-olds fear of harm from a much older and larger individual was enough to establish implied threat of serious physical injury and reinstated Higdons conviction. Moore was the only dissent, saying that there was no evidence in this case of an implied threat of serious physical injury. Moore oddly argued that the courts interpretation opened the door to a 10-year-old being found guilty of raping an 8-year-old.
The decision was featured in an ad in the Republican primary. The prosecutor seeking to reinstate Higdons conviction, Luther Strange, was Moores opponent.
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One more about your boy Moore reg. rape of a 12 yr. old. (Original Post)
Guy Whitey Corngood
Nov 2017
OP
People will vote for him because Fox tells them Democrats are worse - out to get them.
sharedvalues
Nov 2017
#6
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)1. Kick.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)2. UGH
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)3. He is filth.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)4. K & R for exposure.
spanone
(135,844 posts)5. this guy is a trump turd
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)6. People will vote for him because Fox tells them Democrats are worse - out to get them.
It's a total lie, but they've been so propagandized by Fox that they prefer a sex criminal to a democrat. They don't know the Dems are the party of tolerance and a fair shake for all. Instead they vote for billionaires who want to screw them and think they are suckers. Up is down, left is right on Fox and Limbaugh. If we don't fix our propaganda problem half the country is lost.