rhino wrote on May 10
th, 2021 at 9:13pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on May 10
th, 2021 at 8:52pm:
I smell an overturned conviction coming on..... that'll get yez all going... hell hath no fury like a woman's accusation scorned.... all angels, you know...
Now .... just thinking here..... if he wasn't shagging her.... was going down on her.... why could she not get away?
Bad point to list for appeal, that draws attention to the fact he literally chewed on her genitals and drew blood. He is also a very strong sportsman, he could easily have held her against her will giving her forcible oral sex. Lawyer Grappler, you just got your client another 5 years, what else you got? Appeals can go both ways, he wont appeal. He may get a longer jail term, in fact the state would be more likely to appeal at the leniency of the sentence. Violent rape can attract a sentence of 25 years, Im sure his own legal advice is telling him that.
Didn't say it was a point for appeal, though it may reflect the real state of affairs at the time. The evidence that he chewed is not much and left too long.... a lot of assumptions there.... the 'bite' was only the opinion of a doctor six weeks later.... maybe he has a razor blade tongue
(something many woman have though in a different context)
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Let's wait and see...
Of course, you've hit upon another thing that needs to be ripped out of the courts or those who sit in the courts ripped out to cut it out - this nonsense that anyone convicted, who then appeals, will be punished for pursuing his/her legal rights with a longer sentence etc.
Legal rights are inalienable and cannot be subjugated by threats, intimidation and bullying in this manner - even if those come from the courts themselves.
If you cannot see the clear dangers in that, I can't help you.