When will the law get it's head around adult crime versus kiddie crime?

Kiddie crime is pinching a copy of Green Lantern from a newsagent.

Adult crime includes rape and burglary.

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As far as I'm concerned, rape is a hate crime, and the standers-by are morally culpable, if not criminally so. I wish I could be surprised that it went down this way, but I'm not. Sickened, yes, but not surprised. Bernie Madoff will spend the rest of his life in jail for stealing money, but if you hurt a girl...well, then, that's not really such a big deal. Just ask the people lining up to support Roman Polanski. This is the vile natural result of thousands of years of misogyny.

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The bystander effect can be shocking when the situation is as potentially lethal as this. It remains a sobering comment on the human condition.

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The should be a cure for the condition of the supposed human beings who would stand by and watch such a horrendous act of violence. That cure should be jail time or worse

I've always thought that rapists should be castrated...without anesthetics...

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The law being tossed aside for the moment, what kind of character does it take for someone to stand there and watch anything like that without doing SOMETHING? While the "witnesses" didn't do anything to stop the attack, they also weren't the ones participating in the actual event. I am baffled as to why not a single person did something. Are we really getting the entire story? If nothing else, I do think each "witness" should be penalized for witnessing a crime and not reporting it....I don't think I'm making much sense at the moment...Anyway, in my opinion, the crowd that just stood there and watched are seriously mentally messed up and should be punished.

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Just found this link about the story:

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-virgi...0,4405042.story

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I was going to amend my previous post, but I deleted it instead.


I think the truth of this issue is locked up in that statement right there. I believe I heard part of the story was that the victim was not fully conscious for the event; a lack of resistance on her part may have led some observers to believe that a consensual act was going down...and without seeing an ID, it could be very tricky to decide if the vic was a minor or not.

As always, I could be wrong here, but it's the only possible scenario that doesn't scare the hell out of me.

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After reading the article, the law should be changed. It should read under 18 or just make it a generalized law like "if any bystander witnesses a crime (any crime), they are required by law to report it to the appropriate authorities." Then they just make it a minor crime that the max punishment is 11 months 29 days. Just like DUI.

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They charged a 7th rape suspect today.

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I noticed they named the juveniles.

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Track them all down like dogs an prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law....... actually execution is too easy on them

They will be tried as adults I hope.

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