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Seb
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Thu Jul 02 15:41:28
http://www...8b2cd8a92a20cdeb1599519913f127

Those two rapists who didn't get custodial sentences?

They are getting custodial sentences on appeal.

You guys (forwyn, rugian, NaMBLA) rarely follow thorn to outcome.
Rugian
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Thu Jul 02 16:24:06
First off, lol at the BBC for putting trigger warnings in their article. I hope Trump takes them for every penny they have.

But also:

"Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing

The victim of the first attack was 15 when she was raped three times in an underpass by the River Avon in Fordingbridge, during what she had thought was a first date.

She had travelled to meet one of the boys for the first time, after he had begun a "relationship" with her on social media platform Snapchat.

But then two other boys appeared - the second defendant, who was 14 at the time, and another boy, who is not the third defendant and was not involved in the trial.

The boys shared video of the attacks on social media, resulting in her receiving abusive messages, prosecutors said.

The second girl was 14 when she met the boys at Fordingbridge Recreation Ground, and was raped repeatedly in a nearby field.

Video footage seen in court during the trial showed her lying motionless on the ground with "her face buried in her hands", while another boy was heard shouting words of encouragement."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c862w26zwggo

How the fuck did this animal behavior need to go to an appeal in order to warrant any custodial time?
Seb
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Thu Jul 02 16:27:16
Rugian:

There's a literal link to the judges sentencing remarks.

Basically, a Judge wrongfully applying sentencing guidelines for diminished capacity and child offenders.
Rugian
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Thu Jul 02 17:41:28
The question was rhetorical Seb. The answer was stupidity.
Seb
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Thu Jul 02 18:29:28
Rugian:

So what you have is one judge being an idiot, followed by the system immediately correcting.

Not really an example of "two tier justice" is it?
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