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Police Chief Admits to Raping Unconscious Woman, Gets No Jail Time (Original Post)
circlethesquare
Oct 2014
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What we aren't hearing are the mitigating factors that the judge used to lighten the
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2014
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Lying to the FBI is apparently a more serious crime than rape.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)2. What we aren't hearing are the mitigating factors that the judge used to lighten the
sentence. It's those factors, which never make it into the public record, where you'll find the source of the inequities in our society. It might go something like this: Well, he is a deacon of a Christian church, loved and respected by the community, heavy sponsor of the little league and long-time Rotarian. Bingo, sentence reduced.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)3. Not to mention his generous contributions
to the DA's re-election campaign.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)4. Yep. Capitalism creates its own opportunities.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)5. Again, another 'justice' system for the gang in blue.
What a sick fuck.