[excon]

I suppose but I don't think there's ever an excuse to murder or rape...

Hello again, charlotte:

I'm not a rapist. I think rape is horrible. However, there have been times in my life where, if I weren't with the girl that I was, I could have been charged with rape.

On a few occasions in my past, I can recall NOT stopping when the girl said I should. No, it wasn't rape. But, could I have been charged with rape?? Certainly. Could I have been found guilty?? I would hope not, but I'm no fool. I certainly could have been.

Should there be a death penalty for that?? Uhhhhh, no!

excon

[charlotte234s]

I'm not a rapist. I think rape is horrible. However, there have been times in my life where, if I weren't with the girl that I was, I could have been charged with rape.

On a few occasions in my past, I can recall NOT stopping when the girl said I should. No, it wasn't rape. But, could I have been charged with rape?? Certainly. Could I have been found guilty?? I would hope not, but I'm no fool. I certainly could have been.

Should there be a death penalty for that?? Uhhhhh, no!



Uhm, I think that when a woman says no, you have to stop, or it is rape. Taking advantage of someone when they are vulnerable is wrong, and no means no, that's why those laws exist. I'm not saying that every rapist should get the death penalty, but there are situations where the rape is so violent, so violating, and so horrible, that it constitutes deserving the death penalty, in my opinion. I don't think that if my boyfriend and I were having sex and I said stop during and he didn't, I would file rape charges, because that's not violent, and I'm not a minor, and he wouldn't be really harming me physically, but that situation is about respect, in a relationship, and a man who doesn't respect your wishes sexually doesn't respect you and you shouldn't be in a relationship with him, but I do think that rape of children, violent or forcible rape, gangrape, premeditated rape, and other more violent kinds of rape do deserve stronger penalties, and if a person think it's okay to rape someone else and seriously hurt them, they deserve the strongest penalty available.

I don't believe there are any people on death row currently for statutory rape within a relationship, though, I think it's mostly just very violent rapists who attacked unsuspecting people.

[kandyfruitcake]

Hi. I have first hand knowledge of a DR case and how it works - or rather, doesn't work. The whole system is as corrupt as hell and what you see and hear in a courtroom is absolutely beyond belief. The lawyers ask questions they've already decided the answers on and don't hear anything but that, posture like they're on bloody Court TV, and main evidence doesn't get submitted. Prosecutorial Misconduct is a mainstay:(