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Originally Posted by orangebird
Sorry, but how sanctimonious can you get? People react in different ways.
I feel terribly sorry for the guyt that this happened to, and the slut deserved an awful lot more than 12 months...
But regardless, if one of your daughters come home claiming she'd been raped, what would you say? 'I'm sorry you're distressed sweeheart, but I'll reserve judgement on whether you're telling the truth or not til it's gone to court. And even then, if the alleged rapist gets convicted, I'd be happier to wait for him to appeal and get the results of that, just so I know for sure.... '
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Of course if it happens close to you, you will be angry (and rightly so), and emotionally involved. Besides, you will have access to more of the 'facts', than the average person reading the newspaper reports (including knowing the character of the (alleged) victim. I think what Chris is calling for, is for those who are not emotionally involved/further removed from the case to pass judgment on a case where they are fully aware they are not armed with the full facts.