He's really a good boy, no need to traumatize him

[someoneyouknow]

(CNN) In 2017, a 16-year-old boy in New Jersey was accused of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl in the dark basement of a house party. According to court documents, the boy filmed the encounter, the girl's bare torso exposed and her head repeatedly banging against a wall. He allegedly shared the video with friends, and it continued to circulate for months despite the girl's pleas for him to stop its dissemination.

At one point, according to documents, he texted friends: "[w]hen your first time having sex was rape."

In his denial [for the criminal to be tried as a adult], Judge James Troiano of Monmouth County Superior Court said the boy's actions were not predatory and not necessarily rape because "traditional" rape cases involve "two or more generally males involved, either at gunpoint or weapon, clearly manhandling a person."

He said the boy shouldn't be tried as an adult because he "comes from a good family who put him into an excellent school," because he was an Eagle Scout, because he was probably headed for a "good college" and because his "scores for college entry were very high."

Troiano said the girl and her family should have been told that bringing charges against the boy could have a "devastating effect" on his life.​

Soooo, yeah. Don't bring charges against the rapist because it would have a devastating effect on his life. Sounds an awful like Ethan Couch who killed four people while drunk (underage to boot) and the judge claiming because his parents were wealthy, spoiled him, and gave him anything he wanted, he shouldn't go to jail.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/us/new-jersey-rape-minor-teen-judge-case-trnd/index.html

 

[pointless]

luckily the appellate court stepped in on this one, but it's still horseshit that they even had to.

 

[RobDownSouth]

The "promising young man" showed some courtesy to his victim during her violation....when her uncontrollable sobs and abdominal spasms resulted in unexpected flatulence, he and a friend thoughtfully sprayed her naked posterior with Febreze before continuing.

 

[butters]

not necessarily rape because "traditional" rape cases involve "two or more generally males involved, either at gunpoint or weapon, clearly manhandling a person."

He said the boy shouldn't be tried as an adult because he "comes from a good family who put him into an excellent school," because he was an Eagle Scout, because he was probably headed for a "good college" and because his "scores for college entry were very high."

edit: i don't think he should be tried as an adult. at 16, he is not an adult according to u.s laws. i cannot agree with this messing about with ages thing - set one age, 16, 18, whatever, and that's that with the proviso of the mentally challenged. i'm glad to see that judge's reasons are being investigated and criticised. damned right

what the unholy fuck??? looks like the judge is trying to rewrite a whole shitload of potential rape cases as NON-rape

as for the rest. just... fuck, has he been bought off by the rich boy's family?

i shouldn't be surprised. we saw this crap with kavanaugh, though this boy was stupid (and entitled) enough to video his rape of the girl

fuck him. fuck all judges who excuse this kind of shit. and the kind of shit like posting with dead bodies showing off, and the tweeting of getting their knife skills on.... that soldier should have been booted from the services for bringing them into disrepute but no, a short spell in confinement, a virtual pat on the head. makes me sick.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

The judge should be removed from the bench

 

[butters]

The judge should be removed from the bench

completely agreed. will it happen? doubt it. not under this regime.

 

[KeithD]

Why does the name "Kavanaugh" spring to mind in reading the background on this case?

 

[Kantarii]

Since it’s a CNN article, I wonder how much of the story is actually the truth and not biased bullshit.

 

[Lancedalot]

And yet butters is buddies here with Luk and spacekowboy, both who boast of enjoying beating and raping other posters' mums.

Go figure.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Since it’s a CNN article, I wonder how much of the story is actually the truth and not biased bullshit.

You're thinking of the Fox tabloid, know purveyors of ultra-biased bullshit. They literally wrote the book on bias and bullshitting.

 

[KimGordon67]

Since it’s a CNN article, I wonder how much of the story is actually the truth and not biased bullshit.

Seriously? It took one click in the CNN story to find court documentation of the case, because the CNN story actually provided that evidence. But here it is, so you can satisfy yourself that, in fact, this sort of thing does happen and isn't entirely fabricated by ... someone for ... some purpose.

 

[butters]

Seriously? It took one click in the CNN story to find court documentation of the case, because the CNN story actually provided that evidence. But here it is, so you can satisfy yourself that, in fact, this sort of thing does happen and isn't entirely fabricated by ... someone for ... some purpose.

yup, cnn provides evidence, facts, checkable facts. #factcheckers

 

[KimGordon67]

yup, cnn provides evidence, facts, checkable facts. #factcheckers

... but even then, people manage to ignore it. It's like CNN are posting on the Lit GB!

 

[KeithD]

Seriously? It took one click in the CNN story to find court documentation of the case, because the CNN story actually provided that evidence. But here it is, so you can satisfy yourself that, in fact, this sort of thing does happen and isn't entirely fabricated by ... someone for ... some purpose.

Well, Kantarii isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

 

[butters]

Well, Kantarii isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

beew-level dim bulb

 

[KimGordon67]

Well, Kantarii isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

I do think Kantarii is capable of following up on something like that - that was just an unbelievably knee-jerk response ... although I guess that's what the GB largely consists of.

 

[ouchfeelsgood]

I wonder if this so-called judge would have shown the same leniency if the defendant had not been white and from a well-to-do family.

 

[SissySalina]

So, what's the point of this post. This is the usual treatment in the justice system.

 

[BotanyBoy]

yup, cnn provides evidence, facts, checkable facts. #factcheckers

And conspiracy theory too!!!

https://i.imgflip.com/2wrqcr.jpg

 

[Kantarii]

I do think Kantarii is capable of following up on something like that - that was just an unbelievably knee-jerk response ... although I guess that's what the GB largely consists of.

I’d be wasting my time to respond to someone like the person you quoted, someone that lives in a bubble putting people on iggy who has an opposing view. I make no secret to my lack of faith in anything CNN puts out.

 

[KimGordon67]

I’d be wasting my time to respond to someone like the person you quoted, someone that lives in a bubble putting people on iggy who has an opposing view. I make no secret to my lack of faith in anything CNN puts out.

I have no idea what you're even talking about - whoever said what doesn't make any different to the fact that the CNN story had a linked embedded in to court documentation of the event that completely matches up to how they've portrayed it. I'm entirely unsure what is to be gained by acting as though this sort of stuff is some kind of 'conspiracy' or otherwise fictional.

 

[Boxlicker101]

This sounds a lot like the Stanford Rape Case. Maybe the voters can boot this judge off the bench the way we did in that one.

 

[jaF0]

I have no idea what you're even talking about -

That's pretty normal since Kant self-identified as a BB.

 

[Kantarii]

I have no idea what you're even talking about - whoever said what doesn't make any different to the fact that the CNN story had a linked embedded in to court documentation of the event that completely matches up to how they've portrayed it. I'm entirely unsure what is to be gained by acting as though this sort of stuff is some kind of 'conspiracy' or otherwise fictional.

I never said the article was a conspiracy or fictional. My response is to what KeithD said.

 

[KimGordon67]

I never said the article was a conspiracy or fictional. My response is to what KeithD said.

You said: "I wonder how much of the story is actually the truth and not biased bullshit" ... I tend to translate 'bullshit' as 'fictional', and when you add 'biased' as a qualifier, there is an air of conspiracy about it.

And you were quoting me, so that's quite confusing. Maybe quote the person you're actually responding to.