November 21, 2009
Published: 5 Aug 09 07:59 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21108/20090805/
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The Örebro district court has sentenced a 28-year-old man to six-and-a-half years in prison for raping four women.
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Just another example of the Swedish bullshit justice handed down by the courts...
What about the victims .... will they receive counciling... help etc ?
No wonder crime is increasing....
But c´mon 6 years??? 4 rapes, battery, morphine, pre planning, filming, etc, gives the man 6 years!!! Im sure That would help the bloke to recover and be ashamed!!!
Does he have OJs lawyer??? Who is procesing the case??? They should start appointing Wallander to the case!!!
The sentence is crazy. He should have got a longe sentence.
I have noticed the easy going attitude to sexual assault and rape in Sweden. It needs to change.
However, you seem to be right about rape 1, get 3 free, this is just insane
What of the suffering and humiliation these women went through?
6 years per rape makes more sense, that way, rape (and probably crime rates in general) will reduce drastically.
Sweden, please increase your sentences for most crimes, sentencing serves as a punishment and deterrent for crimes. If the Swedish government is worried about cost and their upkeep in jail, simple, confiscate the persons's assets and add that to his upkeep fee and start manufacturing/production for prisoners, that way, the state won't go broke
You should not be rewarded for committing crimes by having things given to you that law biding citizens are denied.
In my opinion that guy should be raped for 6 years. See how that sentences feels.
IMHO: insulting to the victims.
Wouldn't be too surprised if this moron gets out earlier because of "good behavior" or something.
As already mentioned, good thing he was not filesharing... then the sh!t would really hit the fan, we would be talking civil cases till he died, bankrupting him, how the terrorists win,how this brings down society and probably how an angel lost her wings....
Imagine a situation - "Don Juan" films one time that he has sex with an unconscious victim. 3 other girls that were REALLY insulted that he did not call them back, jumped on a revenge opportunity and declared that he raped them also. Is it not so impossible? He could not prove this in the court, but he managed to seed some doubts in the judge's minds and therefore he got a mild sentence. Besides, nowadays EVERY one time sexual engagement involves alcohol and it is so easy for a woman to declare that she was "too drunk". They should set alcohol limits and alcohol checkers on mens' penises - "Breath here. Above 0.8% the engine does not start".
This asks the further question, what is justice?
I am not sure what justice is in all cases, but to me the idea that a man can be convicted of something like rape, do time in a hotel with a bad stigma, and then be released back into society is in no way even close to justice.
Our judicial systems are a farce.
and for him being raped in jail as a sentence, i like the idea. put him in the same situation. the question i seen above was who will do it. well they do have machines out there that can do it. it does not need to be a person. i love eye for a eye. it is like the golden rule.
off topic did anyone notice that the IRAN hangings have been moved. if you search for iran you will see a story there from today. it was only up for a couple of hours. it still there but you have to search for it. whats up with that THE LOCAL
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