10-26-2007, 04:34 PM | #1 |
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Justice finally served for Georgia teen
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10-26-2007, 04:37 PM | #2 |
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what if in 2007 he were 18 and the girl was 15. would that be a crime?
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I caught up to the lawyer who represented him at trial who then shared with me that the guy have ultimately been offered misdemeanors and passed them up. When I heard that, all the sympathy I had for him evaporated. He did in fact break the law. So when I read this in the linked article: "Prosecutors offered him deals, but he and his attorneys rejected them, saying anything that leaves a record for him as a registered sex offender is unfair." some of my sympathy went away. My guess is that there was a parent there in the back ground who was full of righteous indignation throughout the process who encouraged this young man to stand his ground and never thought for a moment about the fact that the law had been broken. None of that is a defense of what the judge did here, which was absurd. But take it from me first hand that a lot of people end up victims, last of all, of their own stupidity and misplaced righteous indignation.
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10-26-2007, 10:46 PM | #4 |
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Being a sex offender is a big deal these days. There are entire cities you can't live in.
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10-26-2007, 10:50 PM | #5 |
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Am I the only one that snickered at his attoney's name?
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10-27-2007, 12:05 AM | #6 |
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I just skimmed the article. Did it mention whether the victim was white or black?
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10-27-2007, 12:17 AM | #8 |
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The quick release might not be forthcoming, due to a possible gag order.
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10-27-2007, 01:18 AM | #9 |
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Cases like these discredit the sex offender list. It makes you wonder how many of these supposed scum bags are only listed as sex offenders because they had a random porn pop-up on their computer when children were around, because they got a BJ in high school and her dad found out, or because they got caught streaking across the quad.
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