Wayward5oul
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ORIGINAL: samboct My reading of the facts differs from yours... Then maybe you should get an adult to read it to you. (Yes, I know that's thompsonx's line, but I thought it was actually fitting here.) quote:
The way he was found by the two cyclists sounds like it would support a charge of battery, i.e. he was beating her up or attempting to- Medical examinations confirmed trauma to the genital area. quote:
but I'm not sure that it supports rape. He was not convicted of rape. He was convicted on three felony counts of sexual assault: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object. quote:
That a jury finds something doesn't make it fact in my book, although that's the way the legal system works. I am more willing to believe in the reliability of the twelve people who heard all the accounts of the event by the people actually involved, versus someone who can't even get the basic facts correct after reading about them. quote:
My counter is that a jury found OJ not guilty- because of reasonable doubt due to prejudicial actions by the police- but my hunch is that he did in fact murder Nicole Brown. I actually agree with the not guilty verdict because there's reasonable doubt. That one out-of-this-world-fucked-up-case does not define the entirety of the justice system. quote:
Whether rape or not happens in this case is dependent upon intent. Bullshit. Consent, and the ability to give consent. She was passed out. Unable to give consent. That is the legal definition of rape, regardless of what you want to make it in your warped mind. quote:
If his thought process was I'm going to violate this woman's body even knowing she doesn't want me to- that's rape. If she invites him to feel her vagina claiming she's wet- that's not. (And the middle case of him thinking she wants him to and her thinking no is another can of worms.) What happened? My thought process is it's impossible to distinguish between these two possibilities given that both are drunk. She was passed out on the ground. Pretty easy to distinguish that she was not asked about her thought process beforehand. He, on the other hand, ran. He was aware enough to take off when he caught, so he knew what he was doing was wrong. These were not two policeman who came upon them, these were two random dudes on bicycles. No reason for him to run unless he was scared of getting caught. quote:
I think the the juries findings are in error. Thats what happens when you can't read. quote:
But in this case- I'm just not sure who the predator is.... In what universe could anyone imply that she was the predator? Cretin.
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