Suspect accused of rape 4th time

[NavarreMan 10]

That is how the system works. If acquitted of a crime, you go free and as I understood it, although please let me know if I am wrong, any previous accusation cannot be taken into account during a new trial if the accused was acquitted.

The rape charge is a notoriously hard case to try as well, no? The prosecutors being ready trash the reputation of the accuser in the hope that the jury will assume that the sex was welcomed at the time.

Rape is a horrible crime, of that there is no doubt and to wish people who commit such crimes to be sentenced to the maximum that the law allows is understandable, but why is there always the wish to try individuals, without any knowledge of the particular case, from the comfort of your home? Sorry, but I don't understand the lynch mob mentality.

So obviously the system is failing when someone can indefinitely be acquitted but prosecutors are not allowed to join the dots. The legal system is clearly in favor of the criminal rather than the victim.

Don't even get me started on the technicality rubbish.

Yes, let's not worry about the technical aspects of our laws. Boo-Yah for Attorney General!!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That is how the system works. If acquitted of a crime, you go free and as I understood it, although please let me know if I am wrong, any previous accusation cannot be taken into account during a new trial if the accused was acquitted.

The rape charge is a notoriously hard case to try as well, no? The prosecutors being ready trash the reputation of the accuser in the hope that the jury will assume that the sex was welcomed at the time.

Rape is a horrible crime, of that there is no doubt and to wish people who commit such crimes to be sentenced to the maximum that the law allows is understandable, but why is there always the wish to try individuals, without any knowledge of the particular case, from the comfort of your home? Sorry, but I don't understand the lynch mob mentality.

So obviously the system is failing when someone can indefinitely be acquitted but prosecutors are not allowed to join the dots. The legal system is clearly in favor of the criminal rather than the victim.

Don't even get me started on the technicality rubbish.

Yes, let's not worry about the technical aspects of our laws. Boo-Yah for Attorney General!!!

Yeah – don’t worry about having a trial. Why go to all that expense? Because if you ‘look’ guilty, it surely means that you are.

Suddenly I imagine our jails will be filled with shifty-eyed Lee Van Cleef look-a-likes

[JODO 2]

lethal injection

[tmma 467]

That is how the system works. If acquitted of a crime, you go free and as I understood it, although please let me know if I am wrong, any previous accusation cannot be taken into account during a new trial if the accused was acquitted.

The rape charge is a notoriously hard case to try as well, no? The prosecutors being ready trash the reputation of the accuser in the hope that the jury will assume that the sex was welcomed at the time.

Rape is a horrible crime, of that there is no doubt and to wish people who commit such crimes to be sentenced to the maximum that the law allows is understandable, but why is there always the wish to try individuals, without any knowledge of the particular case, from the comfort of your home? Sorry, but I don't understand the lynch mob mentality.

I am thinking you mean the defense ready to call into question the character of the alleged victim.....This fact alone is the reason rape is probably the most under reported crime.

The legal system fails people from both sides...It's not a fair system; i.e- it appears the rich and wealthy get the best justice money can buy and the poor get some over worked court appointed attorney to defend. Prosecutors' offices are over worked, backlogged and short of funding......But, as flawed as it is, it is better than some other nation's justice systems..IMO, anyway.

Edited October 19, 2007 by tmma

[britty 1]

If this guy is convicted of rape this time around, I will certainly presume that he was guilty of the other three.