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From: rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: Re: A clear case of rape?
Message-ID: <415@cci632.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 13:36:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 13:36:30 1986
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Reply-To: rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
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Summary: An eye for an eye.

In article <3436@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> amq@caip.UUCP (Amqueue) writes:
>In article <492@weitek.UUCP> robert@weitek.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) writes:
>>If you were on a jury, and rape had a mandatory penalty of (pick one): 
>>	twenty years in prison,
>>	five years in solitary,
>>	parole with Ray Frank as parole officer,
>>
>>would you still deliver a "guilty" verdict?
>
>all this is assuming that the jury has already decided the person is guilty
>and is trying to further determine what the punishment should be... 
>
>I guess the answer is yes, tho I am coming to the conclusion that either
>the question is poorly formed or I am too asleep to parse it...
>
>>What if the penalty was $500 and a week in jail?

Actually $500 and a week or two in a state jail might be most appropriate.
Rape is quite common in jails, and it wouldn't be hard to have the guards
arrange a most "educational" 7 days :-).  This is what consistantly happens
to men who sexually assault children.