Judge says 16 year old by accused rape deserves leniency because he comes from a "good family". Thoughts?

Judge says 16 year old by accused rape deserves leniency because he comes from a
Judge says 16 year old by accused rape deserves leniency because he comes from a "good family". Thoughts?

"A drunk 16-year-old boy filmed himself assaulting an intoxicated 16-year-old girl from behind in a darkened basement gym at a pajama-themed party in New Jersey. The girl’s head, hanging down, repeatedly hit the wall. Prosecutors said the boy later sent the video to seven of his friends, texting them, “when your first time having sex was rape."

Monmouth County prosecutors in 2017 sought to charge the boy as an adult with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, among other charges, saying that he “engaged in vaginal intercourse” with the girl when she was “visibly intoxicated, physically helpless and unable to provide consent.”

But a New Jersey family court judge last July denied the prosecutors’ motion to try the boy as an adult — on the grounds that he was an Eagle Scout who came “from a good family” and who could get into a “good college” because of his excellent grades.

Judge James Troiano also suggested that the boy’s alleged actions didn’t fit “the traditional case of rape” — which, according to him, occurs when “two or more men” “clearly manhandle” a victim at gunpoint. Troiano also expressed concerns that the prosecutor had not explained to the alleged victim “the devastating effect” the case would have on the accuser’s life if he was tried as an adult. As to the teen’s text message to his friends referring to the rape, Troiano dismissed it as “stupid crap” a 16-year-old says to his friends"

Thoughts? My thoughts... HOW THE FUCK IS THIS GUY A JUDGE? WHO THE FUCK GAVE THIS IDIOT A LAW DEGREE? I mean honestly though, this fucking judge thinks rape can only happen at gun point and if it involves more than one man. How much more ignorant can you possibly be? And he dismisses the boy's text message as "stupid crap a teenager says to friends". NO IT ISN'T. STOP MAKING EXCUSES. and people say rape culture doesn't exist when we are clearly making excuses for rapists and more worried about the rapist's future and re-victimizing victims. 🤬😡
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  • Wonder what the judge's decision would have been if it was his daughter getting raped?

  • I thought judges were suppose to be smart?

  • He deserves a little trip to the beach. With concrete shoes.

  • In what world is a 16 an adult?
    There's no rape culture, you're just being hysterical. These cases are like 1 in a 1000. Rapists usually have a shitty life after conviction, so that proves there is no such thing as a rape culture.
    You want REAL rape culture? Go to the Middle East, see how that works for you. Be glad you live in civilization

    The fault is in his parents for A ) Letting him go to a party (same goes for hers too) and B ) Letting him get exposed to alcohol at such an early age, ties to A.
    Both were drunk, so both should be judged.

    • "At the state level, 33 states set no minimum age of criminal responsibility.[72] For federal crimes, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 11.[73]"

      en.wikipedia.org/.../Age_of_criminal_responsibility

      Both were drunk, but only one broke the law, dickhead.

    • Both alligned themselves into that situation in the end.

    • And yes, both of them broke the law... By being drunk... Underage. You doofus.

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  • This happens so many times when women rape. Dont be angry now you got equality. Its what you wanted. Shut up and live in the reality you created.

    • Anyone who raped deserves to go to prison regardless of their lives and no this isn't what I want. Maybe some women do but not me so yes I am allowed to be angry and will continue to be angry regardless of the gender of the rapist.

    • Regardless of their gender*

    • I've never seen you comment on questions where the rapist is female. All talk no action.

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  • When I read this story the other day it made me sick.

  • Lock him up for 20 years

  • Nope. Get him jailed. A good family wouldn't raise a rapist

  • There is a strong possibility that the learned Judge, was influenced/blackmailed in some way to give a favourable judgement in favour of the boy !!

  • So she can't consent while intoxicated but he can, yeah seems equal, at least we know you're biased now

    • He even said in himself in a text message that his first time having sex was rape. That's pretty god damn incriminating and it's not stupid crap that a teenage boy says. Think whatever you want, I don't care but when the accuser himself refers to it has rape then there obviously something is very wrong.

    • I see you ignored my point, good to know, I won't be wasting my time on you

    • Fine then I'll acknowledge your point. Your point is stupid. There are different levels of intoxication. You can be intoxicated to the point where you can't consent or you can be intoxicated and still consent. Clearly, if you read the article at all, you'd know the video the accuser took shows that the victim was physically helpless and unable to consent and usually when a chick is being fucked and her head keeps hitting the wall she stops it from hitting the wall and doesn't let it hit the wall repeatedly. Fuck did you even read the article or did you just get your panties in a knot?

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  • Happens all too often all over the world. Its a disgrace to modern society and everything the majority of us uphold everyday.

  • Savages. Don't they have sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, etc. Treat women the way you would others to treat the women you know.

  • I think everyone is at fault!!! The girl's parents for letting her go to the party , the boy's parents for letting him go to the party and apparently not knowing their sons true character. The people who owned this house and threw the party should also be blamed.

    But most importantly the parents!!! I don't even know if decent parents exist these days 😌 if they do there are very few of them

  • He was drunk. How do people say you don't know what you're doing when drunk?

  • I literally had to stop what I was doing and look this up because I just couldn't believe that here we are in this day and age....you know what...scratch that...I can believe it. The fact that this kid literally said he raped her---are those the actions of a "good kid?" This judge is clearly of the old boys club where "girls are making too much of a big deal about having a good time,"---rape is not a good time for any victim. And people who say, well she shouldn't be drunk---granted, she's underage, however if you're using that as an excuse for a rapist to be "allowed" to rape, you really need to examine your morals and your life.

    Thankfully the judges ruling was overturned and this case is now going to be tried in adult court.

  • I like how the girl gets a pass for being drunk but the guy is still supposedly responsible for his actions when he's drunk. That's some bs.

    • I like how none of you read the damn article or realize that you can be intoxicated and not consent or intoxicated and still able to consent. There is video that shows the girl physically helpless and unable to consent. She isn't getting a pass.

    • and the boy was also drunk and unable to control himself. He was unable to give his own body "consent to act" or control his own actions. Yet, that is a crime when he was every bit as unable to consent to the act as the girl was.

    • Oh my fucking god. You poor misogynistic excuse for a human being. I have work later where I have to deal with people. I can't afford to lose my brain cells talking to you. Goodbye.

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  • I know this judge