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Judge appears to blame victim in sexual-assault case


Law & Order | 208248 hits | Feb 24 6:59 pm | Posted by: hurley_108
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A Manitoba judge has decided not to send a man to jail for sexually assaulting a woman because the victim was wearing heavy makeup and “wanted to party” on the night of the attack, the Winnipeg Free Press is reporting.

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  1. by avatar hurley_108
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:03 am
    This is, I'm sure everyone will agree, patentely disgusting. No means no, no matter what. I hope this is swiftly appealed and reversed with stern rebuke to this judge.

  2. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:10 am
    I have been looking and cant find a hell of a lot on this judge.

  3. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:16 am
    The more I hear about the judicial system, the more I become convinced that my impressions about it are fact and not just a hypothesis.

    These clowns on the bench are making decisions that defy logic and it isn't just in a couple of cases but appears to be endemic to the whole system.

  4. by avatar GreenTiger
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:18 am
    I guess "no" or "non" might not have been clear enough.

    This judge is a disgrace.

  5. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:59 am
    Yet people defend Julian Assange.

  6. by CrazyNewfie
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:28 pm
    What a disgrace, what is this going say to young men? It's ok if she says no, as long as she's dressed a certain way???

    This is why one persons opinion shouldn't be the final say. Just because this asshole is a judge doesn't make him right, he is still human and subject to his own prejudices. IMO he should be fired, he just let a rapist go free, a traumatized woman left wondering wtf where's my justice, and the Canadian publics trust in the justice system wavering at best.

  7. by avatar Brenda
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:57 pm
    “This is a different case than one where there is no perceived invitation,” the Free Press quoted the judge as saying. “This is a case of misunderstood signals and inconsiderate behaviour.”

    Absolutely. He shouldn't have touched her. As far as I am concerned, she could have performed a lap dance on him, naked. Still does not give him the right to touch her.
    Inconsiderate behaviour that is called "rape".

  8. by avatar PJB
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:53 pm
    this decision makes me sick! There is a precedent being set here and it's not a good one. The guy RAPED her plain and simple. Sex on a backroad is not sex it's rape. I don't care if she was wearing a see through outfit she said NO and No means No! Not you were dressed like you wanted it! I have a daughter that is only 12 and I truly hope that society will come around by the time she is old enough to go out and meet jerks like this moron.

  9. by avatar Newsbot
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:20 pm
    Judge criticized for saying clothing factored in rape
    Law & Order
    Posted By:
    2011-02-25 08:45:14

  10. by avatar Scape
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:20 pm
    What year is it, 2011? Could have fooled me.

  11. by avatar andyt
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:20 pm
    "PJB" said
    Sex on a backroad is not sex it's rape.


    Uh oh!

  12. by avatar Yogi
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:05 pm
    In a previous impact statement, the victim said that she still bears a scar on her knee from that night.


    The judge rejected the suggestion that the victim had consented,

    Just with the above, how the hell did the judge reach the conclusion that he did???

  13. by avatar andyt
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:07 pm
    "Yogi" said
    In a previous impact statement, the victim said that she still bears a scar on her knee from that night.

    Just with the above, how the hell did the judge reach the conclusion that he did???


    Where did you get that from? I tried to find more background about this story, but found nothing.

  14. by avatar Yogi
    Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:08 pm
    "andyt" said
    In a previous impact statement, the victim said that she still bears a scar on her knee from that night.

    Just with the above, how the hell did the judge reach the conclusion that he did???


    Where did you get that from? I tried to find more background about this story, but found nothing.


    In the original article. First story link



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