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Vanderbilt football player got 15-25 yrs for rape; Stanford athlete got 6 months
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:17 pm
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:17 pm
Did race play a role in these sentencings for similar crimes?
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When Cory Batey was a 19-year-old standout football player at Vanderbilt, he raped an unconscious woman. The ample evidence, including security cameras showing the unconscious woman being carried into a dorm room and cellphone photos and videos of the sexual assault, was clear — Cory Batey sexually assaulted the woman. In April, a jury found Batey guilty of three felony counts including aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.
He was immediately remanded into custody and must serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 to 25 years in prison.
What Batey did was reprehensible. The judge and jury treated his crime as such.
That's what makes the case of Brock Turner, a 19-year-old standout swimmer at Stanford who raped an unconscious woman, all the more infuriating. As was the case with Batey, ample evidence existed that Turner was guilty. Eyewitnesses actually caught him in the act as he sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. A jury agreed and Turner was found guilty of multiple felony rape charges. Turner, though, was given a six-month jail sentence and told he could be released on good behavior in as little as three months. He won't even go to an actual prison, but will remain in the local jail during that time.
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Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:18 pm to Street Hawk
IMO it was probably less racism than it was classism. Especially after you read his Dad's statement.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:22 pm to Street Hawk
Probably more of a cultural thing. Southern culture is more serious about violent crime and punishment than West coast culture. Classism is a big part of it too.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:22 pm to Street Hawk
Sorry for the hijack (they should both rot in prison) but is there a better example of a "before" picture for a future habitual offender?
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:23 pm to Street Hawk
He won't even go to an actual prison, but will remain in the local jail during that time.
That's not necessarily a good thing.
That's not necessarily a good thing.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:24 pm to Street Hawk
It happened, deal with it.
People of other races get off all the time.
People of other races get off all the time.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:26 pm to LesMiles BFF
People that do shite like this are absolutely fricked up in the head and will do it again if the opportunity presents itself. I haven't read the viral letter that the victim wrote because it makes me sick, but I think they should all be beaten to a fricking pulp. How our justice system can turn a sex offender loose after 3 months in a local jail blows my mind.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:28 pm to Street Hawk
How about we wait until Brandon Vandenburg gets retried and sentenced (assuming conviction again) before we start comparing these cases?
This post was edited on 6/8/16 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:29 pm to Street Hawk
BluegrassBelle beat me to it.
Money was likely the driving force behind the slap on the wrist for the Stanford swimmer and the harsher punishment for the Vanderbilt football player.
In this country, there has been a precedent established that once you reach a certain tax bracket or celebrity status, your race will not hinder your ability to bypass the criminal law.
Money was likely the driving force behind the slap on the wrist for the Stanford swimmer and the harsher punishment for the Vanderbilt football player.
In this country, there has been a precedent established that once you reach a certain tax bracket or celebrity status, your race will not hinder your ability to bypass the criminal law.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:35 pm to saint amant steve
quote:
In this country, there has been a precedent established that once you reach a certain tax bracket or celebrity status, your race will not hinder your ability to bypass the criminal law.
[see oj circa 1992]
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:36 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
We just had a guy here that was a notorious gang leader who only served about 6 months for the sexual assault of a minor. He went on to murder three people (two teenagers for witnessing the murder of the first). And I'm pretty sure it was because he snitched on some other gang members to shorten his sentence.
It's absolutely absurd how easily someone can get easy time for a sexual assault/rape if they have the right lawyers and the right judge.
It's absolutely absurd how easily someone can get easy time for a sexual assault/rape if they have the right lawyers and the right judge.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:39 pm to BamaCoaster
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[see oj circa 1992]
Bingo.
And there have been plenty of other athletes in recent memory who benefited from similar favorable treatment despite the nature of their crimes.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:39 pm to Street Hawk
Maybe you should research the case before making accusations of racism. There are two indivduals involved and the second one (the white one) is due for his retrial. He was already convicted once.
Now if Vandenburg is given a less punishment than Batey, then you may have a point.
Now if Vandenburg is given a less punishment than Batey, then you may have a point.
This post was edited on 6/8/16 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:19 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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People that do shite like this are absolutely fricked up in the head and will do it again if the opportunity presents itself
I'm not so sure. I wonder what the recidivism rates of date rapist are
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:23 am to Street Hawk
Case 1
seems like the judge didn't have a choice.
quote:
In April, a jury found Batey guilty of three felony counts including aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.
He was immediately remanded into custody and must serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 to 25 years in prison.
What Batey did was reprehensible. The judge and jury treated his crime as such.
seems like the judge didn't have a choice.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:24 am to Street Hawk
Different sentences? Yes racism must be the reason.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:59 am to Street Hawk
I wonder why a female who is legally drunk is deemed incapable of being able to decide she wants to have sex, but a male who is legally drunk is considered rational enough to make the same decision? In fact a drunk male is supposed to be able to tell when a female is too drunk to be able to consent to sex.
What is a 23 year old female's responsibility when it comes to drinking with a 20 year old male? Aren't there laws against providing alcohol to those too young to drink alcohol?
Could those possibly be mitigating circumstances in the case of Turner?
What is a 23 year old female's responsibility when it comes to drinking with a 20 year old male? Aren't there laws against providing alcohol to those too young to drink alcohol?
Could those possibly be mitigating circumstances in the case of Turner?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 1:04 am to Street Hawk
The black dude straight up raped a chick and had his homebois video the assault.
The white dude "raped" a chick in slut-denial.
There's really no comparison between the two.
The white dude "raped" a chick in slut-denial.
There's really no comparison between the two.
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 1:07 am
Posted on 6/9/16 at 1:04 am to Poodlebrain
I will place the "who is to blame" on the one who is still awake. I get your argument, but all argument is gone if you have sex with a person who is passed out.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 1:17 am to ManBearTiger
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The white dude "raped" a chick in slut-denial.
When two guys roll up on you raping a girl behind a dumpster who is unconscious, it's far from "slut-denial".
I've known a lot of guys who were drunk but knew not to frick a girl who is blacked out.
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