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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: rape and abused females
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 11:24:16 EDT
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> I have an idea that might help on the subject of rape
> and abuse of women. Let's get a few more women judges
> up there on the bench. I also think that the punishment
> for these crimes should be decided by the victim not
> the judge.
> 
I once took a self-defense class.  One of the speakers was
a lawyer who had handled many rape cases.  His comment was
that the best jury a victim could hope for in such a case
would be one with a majority of men who were about the
same age as the victim's father.   Another observation of
his was that women jurors were often much harsher on the
victim than men were, and were much more likely to believe
claims that the womanwas"asking for it".

If this is true, it is pretty sad.
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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