Comments on: Offensive Remarks of the Month: Defense Attorneys Gone Wild Edition

By: Legal Shenanigans: How to Blame That Lying Whore « XXBlaze

Legal Shenanigans: How to Blame That Lying Whore « XXBlaze — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:04:38 +0000

[...] The Curvature’s coverage of how a defense attorney selected his jurors: “Would you take into consideration that [...]

By: friday

friday — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:09:59 +0000

yep the legal system is royally fucked.

i was on trial last month. i say on trial because although i had no charges brought against me, i was the one being accused, not the rapist. it was suggested i enjoyed being raped, had an orgasm, set out with the intention of having sex (when i was a virgin and this was a man i had only spoken to once before). i also supposedly was “feeling horny”, novel language for a courtroom i thought and certainly not a phrase i would ever use. my mental health history was dragged up and paraded as evidence that i was delusional despite the fact it was after the incident i became very unwell and i have never suffered delusions. the list of courtroom malpractices could go on but there is no necessity to bore you with details…point being the defence barristers must be like the tin man: missing a heart.

By: Man Accused of Raping Teen With Disability : The Curvature

Man Accused of Raping Teen With Disability : The Curvature — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:47:22 +0000

[...] I can’t possibly be the only one who gets just slightly more angry when horrible shit goes down in their neighborhood, can I? I can’t put my finger on it, and it’s not that the crimes committed are worse, there’s just something inherently offensive and, I guess real about horrible offenses when they take place in your own backyard. And I’ve certainly experienced the phenomenon before. [...]

By: Beth Fehlbaum

Beth Fehlbaum — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:44:15 +0000

The consolation I get out of stuff like this is that Karma is a BITCH. I’d love to be a fly on the wall when that defense attorney’s card comes up for karma…

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By: How Many Wives Must a Man Stab, Before You Can Call Him a Lifer? : The Curvature

How Many Wives Must a Man Stab, Before You Can Call Him a Lifer? : The Curvature — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:57:44 +0000

[...] I’ve been doing an awful lot of complaining lately about the way that rape trials are conducted and how short sentences are when convictions do actually occur. Complain, complain, [...]

By: GallingGalla

GallingGalla — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:12:26 +0000

Shit like this is reason #23,456 why I will not report if I am raped.

I really do think that there should be a crime of revictimization, with the penalty the same as the original crime, b/c Parrinello’s ass should be in prison for a very long time (maybe he can commiserate with “Judge” Deni, who also belongs in prison for the same reason.)

I’m having very violent thoughts now about both Parrinello and Wido.

By: Mortality

Mortality — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:30:32 +0000

This is one of the reasons I could never report my rapist (even if I do remember what I wore on the night I was raped)

By: Good News or Bad News? It’s hard to tell anymore. : The Curvature

Good News or Bad News? It’s hard to tell anymore. : The Curvature — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:24:57 +0000

[...] Preston Wido was convicted of 2 of the 9 charges against him. Which, as per usual, leaves me thinking “oh thank god they got him on something . . . ONLY TWO OF THE CHARGES? But at least he’s been convicted . . . wait, ON ONLY TWO CHARGES?” Sigh. Preston Wido at 2:45 p.m. today was found guilty of 2 of the 9 charges against him. [...]

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:57:42 +0000

Unfortunately, I suspect this asshole is going to get off. 4 day deliberations, no DNA evidence, previous consensual sex, etc is bad news for the prosecution.

Yes I know thats not the way it should be, I’m just looking at reality from the vantage point of a rape survivor myself.

By: Aerik

Aerik — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:28:12 +0000

Believe it, lindabeth. The only thing missing from his resume is a sexual affair with one of the Phelps gang. It’s not like people who vote for mayors aren’t aware of shit like this. This is the kind of thing that drives mayoral elections. This kind of victim blaming is the norm for Americans.

Good point, sunlessNick. For this kind of victim-blamer, everything points to the woman lying. In his mind, that’s just what they do, after all.

Blow it out your ass, Ryan Rapaport. The conviction rate for rape specifically is what applies here, and it’s appallingly low. Now get this straight: Arguing that the defendant is not guilty and arguing that the plaintiff is lying are two different things. The former is his job, the second is a counter-allegation. When he does this, he tries to reverse the burden of proof upon the plaintiff to defend against the guilt of lying. That kind of shit should get a lawyer disbarred, really.

And also, fuck your elitist “I went to the same school” shit. You admitted that good people will do horrible shit, so why should a school with good rep be an exception?