Wait, what? Daughter recants rape claim; father freed after 9 years in prison
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In Mexico on mission work?
You mean, hiding in another country so that some loony who reads this can't hunt her down as easily.
what a dumb girl.
[QUOTE=Valdor;35420112]I wouldn't find it surprising if he snaps and does kill her, nor will I have any sympathy towards her if he does. She stole 9 years of his life because she's an absolute bitch, and the fact that she's not being punished for it makes it even worse (probably twice as worse for him).
[editline]3rd April 2012[/editline]
Not saying she should die, I just wouldn't give a shit if she did.[/QUOTE]That's still his daughter. I have no idea how he feels, but it is possible he'll forgive her and just move on.
Really she should be prosecuted, but it's not her fault that she's not, she seems to feel guilty and probably is quite ashamed, she'd probably just plead no contest if they did charge her.
[QUOTE=danielplazzy;35419120]There needs to be more enforcement against this shit. Too many innocent people get wrecked over false accusations.[/QUOTE]
not as much as you'd like to believe.
[QUOTE=Teddi Orange;35419994]The worst part of it is imagine how the father feels about all of this, the fact his own daughter lied about this for nine years. That's nine years he's lost and he's had to spend it with people believing he abused his own daughter which most likely led to a very uncomfortable prison life.[/QUOTE]
What makes it even sadder is if this article was about the father being arrested for raping his daughter there would be pages full of people talking about how much they hope he will be raped in prison every day.
[QUOTE=Ybbats;35420222]That's still his daughter. I have no idea how he feels, but it is possible he'll forgive her and just move on.
Really she should be prosecuted, but it's not her fault that she's not, she seems to feel guilty and probably is quite ashamed, she'd probably just plead no contest if they did charge her.[/QUOTE]
Very very unlikely he'll forgive her.
So a girl can claim her dad raped her and he's put away?
Was there not any evidence? Testing? Anything?
[QUOTE=Ybbats;35420222]That's still his daughter. I have no idea how he feels, but it is possible he'll forgive her and just move on.
Really she should be prosecuted, but it's not her fault that she's not, she seems to feel guilty and probably is quite ashamed, she'd probably just plead no contest if they did charge her.[/QUOTE]
you've been watching too many movies
parental love isn't some unbreakable bond, and most people would probably stops loving their child if they completely ruined their life
Depends on the character of the individual, was all I was saying.
this shit makes my head pound with rage
people, as a collective, need to get their shit together and fast
[QUOTE=Archonos 2;35420423]So a girl can claim her dad raped her and he's put away?
Was there not any evidence? Testing? Anything?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I know, right? One would think investigators would actually do their fucking jobs and actually [B]confirm[/B] her clailms, instead of just taking her word for it and calling it a day...
"Oh, she says she was raped! And she gave a lot of details... well, that's it for me! *closes book*"
The whole thing is a damn mess.
[editline]3rd April 2012[/editline]
She should consider really fucking lucky her dad wasn't murdered during his time in jail--specially her father...
She wouldn't want to have the weight of the death of her father in her conscience.
This is why I don't want kids.
Haha holy shit I live not even an hour from long view
[QUOTE=danielplazzy;35419120]There needs to be more enforcement against this shit. Too many innocent people get wrecked over false accusations.[/QUOTE]
More often than not rapes don't get reported.
[editline]3rd April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=lucasjr5;35419242]Glad to see the justice system is working properly. Jurys are awesome![/QUOTE]
this is a pretty unusual case and you can't really blame the system is not working based on one case.
[QUOTE=Archonos 2;35420423]So a girl can claim her dad raped her and he's put away?
Was there not any evidence? Testing? Anything?[/QUOTE]
This is a significant issue with rape cases because generally there is very little evidence. Victims are known to wait up to many years before informing police that they were assaulted. By that stage you've only really got like two witnesses to rely on for evidence, so it can be hard.
Shit like this is why I don't want children
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;35419329]She's been keeping it a secret and been lying for 9 years so obviously she should get some form of punishment.[/QUOTE]
She will most definitely go to jail for prejury, if not more.
[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;35419198]She should go to prison for twice that amount of time, how does shit like this go unpunished? (forgive me for not reading the whole thing but what she did was a crime, even if she was a minor back then she should get some form of punishment for sending an innocent man to prison)[/QUOTE]
I agree that she should go to jail. Maybe not for 30 years(Or, if you go by what he served instead of what he was sentenced to, 18), but she should be charged with lying to the courts.
Article says she wont though. Sigh.
[editline]3rd April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Lambeth;35421100]She will most definitely go to jail for prejury, if not more.[/QUOTE]
Article said they're not going to charge her. They seem to think that filing charges would discourage people who've actually been raped from coming forward for fear they won't be believed.
[QUOTE=danielplazzy;35419120]There needs to be more enforcement against this shit. Too many innocent people get wrecked over false accusations.[/QUOTE]
You're [I]technically[/I] right, in the sense that [I]any[/I] innocent person jailed is another person too many.
But the way you're phrasing it reminds me of those MRA dumbasses who are like "Women lie about rape all the time just to get men in trouble! Actual rape doesn't happen very often, but false accusations are an epidemic, and false accusations are like way worse than rape! Feminists are criminalizing men's sex drives!"
The amount of rapes that are reported are already extremely low. And reported rapes already have a low chance of actually getting the guy jailed.
This case is basically a freak occurrence, where the girl actually [I]is[/I] lying about it and the court takes very little evidence for some reason. Not to defend this, but even then, it seems like the court only accepted it because they didn't expect an 11 year old to have an active sex life and to lie about getting raped because her dad didn't spend enough time with her.
I can assure you that this is a one in a million case.
And, again, it [I]is[/I] terrible, and I'm not defending the girl at all, but you [I]do[/I] need to be careful not to think that this is in any way representative of anything but an extremely small number of cases.
[QUOTE=OpethRockr55;35419447]I'm more pissed off that they actually convicted him. Since she lied, there would be nothing but circumstantial evidence to convict. No semen, no recordings, no graphic diary entries. She had vaginal trauma, so her father had to have done it. Great job, justice system.[/QUOTE]
This is why I always give convictions a benefit of doubt. Some court cases are based on vague evidence.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;35421071]This is a significant issue with rape cases because generally there is very little evidence. Victims are known to wait up to many years before informing police that they were assaulted. By that stage you've only really got like two witnesses to rely on for evidence, so it can be hard.[/QUOTE]
Good point.
I feel like this wasn't a case like that though.
I don't know, it's a conundrum.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;35421048]More often than not rapes don't get reported.
[editline]3rd April 2012[/editline]
this is a pretty unusual case and you can't really blame the system is not working based on one case.[/QUOTE]
Sure you can. Jury's are the fallible way to convict someone that there is. If it was just a judge at least he has training to discern and seek the truth. Jury's have convicted so many people based on circumstantial evidence it isn't even funny.
They probably just heard the girls story and were like "oh that is so horrible I feel so bad for that girl" and convicted him because she was a good liar. Jury's are a true wild card and often don't convict based on evidence.
What A Bitch... I honestly hope she get's prosecuted I mean... she lied for 9 years... this isn't just something she did when she was eleven she lied for nine years....
Surely if they prosecute the woman, it won't discourage other women from reporting sexual assault... but it would discourage them from BLATENTLY LYING about sexual assault.
This is fucking ridiculous, she robbed that man of 9 years and NOTHING is happening to her? She should at least serve the same sentence as him IMO.
Holy shit, she's such a fucking low individual. Give him compensation, and prison time for the girl.
dumb bitch
[QUOTE=joost1120;35422416]I hope her dad rapes her.[/QUOTE]
you're a sick person for wishing rape on anyone
[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;35423917]you're a sick person for wishing rape on anyone[/QUOTE]
But you might as well do the thing you have been in prison for, for 9 years.
Except this time it's just regular rape and not pedophilia.
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