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Medical student convicted of raping another student escapes sentence as “He is young and talented” (www.vrt.be)

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[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

He can get away with it when he's "Upstanding Citizen From An Impeccable Family, And This Would Ruin His Future."

In other words, a rich male white kid. Whose daddy plays golf with the attorneys, and judge.

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Because of the fallout about this the entire ruling was made public. It's clear that the wording used everywhere is rage bait. Again I think he should not have gotten the sentence suspended but it's not like the judges said it got suspended because he's such a bright boy...