I don't care if you are a prostitute...you don't deserve rape. This gem of a guy, David Gage, a former law enforcement officer (does that mean cop?), was sentenced to 29 years in the clink for raping women he met on Craigslist.
At his allocution, he slams the victims in his apology by saying they "got themselves into the situation". I would have lit my own hair on fire at that point. If you are sitting there at sentencing, you should just say "I'm really sorry. Let's go to jail now", thereby sparing the victims any further pain by laying blame on them.
He also claims that he was a victim. Rape is the only crime that I know of when the victim is positioned in a place of responsibility. When will that end?
UPDATE: Gage was found dead in his cell yesterday of an apparent suicide.
2 comments:
When Courageous people like you refuse to keep their mouth shut
liz,
i think convicted defendants who wish to speak at their sentences should be allowed to do so *only* if their remarks are not insensitive to the victims or the victims luved ones.
in fact, the defendants should have their remarks written and pre-approved by judge and/or the victim, and if they deviate from the script while speaking, they should immediately be stopped.
MARIO
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