09-26-2011, 02:51 AM
Only a judge or jury can decide the guilt of this man under our system of justice, which system is much better than any yet devised. It is also better than anarchy or adjudicating guilt based on a newspaper article. And bail is a matter of right except in certain narrow circumstances. This isn't a village in Iran where we execute people in the public square with a scimitar. We make the state prove its case and let a jury decide guilt. While others are entitled to express an opinion about guilt, they are not entitled to find guilt. The jury gets to do that.
If guilt is found, the punishment is imprisonment for a crime of this sort and not rape.
I am always amazed at reading the comments to newspaper articles about crime where the same people who rail against muslims and so-called Sharia law with its supposedly instant justice, advocate the very same thing by suggesting we string up people before they have even been found guilty.
Let this man have his day in court. And, if he is found guilty, imprison him.
And let me have the gorilla.
If guilt is found, the punishment is imprisonment for a crime of this sort and not rape.
I am always amazed at reading the comments to newspaper articles about crime where the same people who rail against muslims and so-called Sharia law with its supposedly instant justice, advocate the very same thing by suggesting we string up people before they have even been found guilty.
Let this man have his day in court. And, if he is found guilty, imprison him.
And let me have the gorilla.