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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.152454.26431@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 15:24:54 GMT
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- In article <16B5E148CB.JONSARC@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> BROALER@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.030535.10617@wam.umd.edu>
- >rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >
- >> Attempts to lessen the burden of proof in rape trials are an assault
- >> on out civil liberties. Support equality, not revenge.
- >> --- boycott == coercion == censorship == closed mindedness == cowardice ---
- >This "quote" or comment makes me ill. I was raped and the D.A. threw out the
- >case. The burden of proof was with the rapists. Although they slipped a
-
-
- In America, the burden of proof ALWAYS lies with the ACCUSER.
- For good reason, our system assumes innocence until guilt is proven.
-
-
- >"mickey" into the alcohol and the police never had the collected specimen
- >tested, I had drank the alcohol willingly, on top of that I was wearing
- >spandex. God bless America, bullshit. Pseudynom used, someone knows why.
- > the "someone" is not the rapist
-
-
- Blah blah blah. So we should make some sort of legal-exception
- for rape--themost overreported and falsely reported crime in the
- US? (see FBI statistics if you wont take my word for it--rape
- even outpaces theft).
-
-
- This belongs elsewhere.
-
- (follups to alt.flame)
-
-
- --
- Attempts to lessen the burden of proof in rape trials are an assault
- on our civil liberties. Support equality, not revenge.
- --- boycott == coercion == censorship == closed mindedness == cowardice ---
- Pyramid schemes are illegal unless you're the US government.
-