tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8190790772758076710..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Two Young Men Doing RightGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-8020427676604330922016-06-10T14:05:44.414-04:002016-06-10T14:05:44.414-04:00The additional details provided by various blog re...The additional details provided by various blog researchers online makes this incident out to be rather complicated.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-36175753918147272552016-06-08T17:44:09.697-04:002016-06-08T17:44:09.697-04:00A "real" rapist, not some 18 year old ha...<i>A "real" rapist, not some 18 year old having sex with his 17 year old girlfriend. </i><br /><br />Aside from his victim not being his girlfriend, it wasn't, in the eyes of the judge and the old man, a real rape--just 20 minutes of action.<br /><br />I kept trying to make the old man's (I can't really call him a father) statement as really meaning 20 minutes of misbehavior out of 20 years of fundamentally sound behavior. But I just couldn't get there.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-28706597589764442192016-06-08T10:26:24.236-04:002016-06-08T10:26:24.236-04:00Student athlete, rich kid, father wrote a nice not...Student athlete, rich kid, father wrote <a href="http://www.people.com/article/stanford-swimmer-brock-allen-turner-father-letter?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag" rel="nofollow">a nice note</a> to the judge. Says the kid was "stressed" and has already "suffered a high price" for his actions by having his reputation in the community dinged.<br /><br />The judge apparently agreed that a longer sentence would really hurt the kid's prospects. <br /><br />It's a good argument for handling these sorts of cases informally, really. The system does not work well where wealth and power are concerned.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-86320645709841450322016-06-08T10:03:57.671-04:002016-06-08T10:03:57.671-04:00America, the place they can stick one in a Federal...America, the place they can stick one in a Federal Pen for five years and fine you 250K for copying a video, but a rapist can get off with three months. A "real" rapist, not some 18 year old having sex with his 17 year old girlfriend. <br /><br />The back story on this would be interesting. ravennoreply@blogger.com