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Michael Jackson Died, Guys
Cire27:
So, guys, sorry for being an ass earlier with my post. I was slightly tipsy and I was reminded of a friend of mind who was accused of rape by his girlfriend because he left her for another girl.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: KvP on 01 Jul 2009, 18:25 ---In the UK, for instance,5.6% of reported rape cases resulted in convictions
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Damned statistics. Taking the figures from that article, they also say that 40% of trials for rape ended in a conviction. The reported cases that did not go to trial need to be considered separately, as the same level of information on them is not available to us, not having been made public by the court process - they also shed no light on the court process, not having gone through it.
Sorry, thread, but I couldn't let that pass.
supersheep:
That does mean 60% of rape trials do not end in conviction. Now I'm not going to say that there aren't cases of false accusations. Let's be insanely generous and call that 20% of rape cases that go to trial.
This means that at least half of all rapists who end up in court get off scot-free. Half.
öde:
Every man is innocent until speculated guilty!
calenlass:
--- Quote from: supersheep on 02 Jul 2009, 04:08 ---That does mean 60% of rape trials do not end in conviction. Now I'm not going to say that there aren't cases of false accusations. Let's be insanely generous and call that 20% of rape cases that go to trial.
This means that at least half of all rapists who end up in court get off scot-free. Half.
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With my history I am afraid I would contribute to that statistic completely unintentionally. I was assaulted last year and I kept meaning to file a police report and just never got around to it. In my defense, I never did know the guy's last name, but my ADHD symptoms can be a real fucker. I also told everyone I knew at the time, and everyone I encountered that he knew by name (which was like 4 people), but I still never did anything proper about it.
Michael Jackson dying makes me immensely sad. My dad used to dance me around to his songs like Black or White and Beat It, and there were tons of Jackson 5 songs on my kids-song videos. I don't really know what it is like to wish to be that young again [with no responsibilities and carefree and just having fun, or whatever], but the notion that he is gone makes it that much more unrealistic, even for nostalgic purposes. I was always sad that he ended up vaguely creepy and in a position to be subjected to all sorts of horrible allegations, but I had lovely memories, and I guess I will just have to not forget them.
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