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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

And people wonder why there are vigilantes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If we are going to be ol fashioned then we are going to be ol fashioned.... If there is no justice we will go and find justice. We're even seeing this with the likes of Saint Luigi. People just don't understand history. FAFO

The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America David Stout

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And his victim wasn't also young and talented? Are they concerned about how the victim will go on when this fucker walks back on campus?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

JFC, I was afraid this was in the US. I'm not pleased to realize there are other places just as fucked up. Though in the US the excuse for letting him off would have to be that he was rich, not brilliant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Belgium, for those wondering.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Obligatory reminder that Belgium has a unresolved problem with a pedophile ring raping and murdering children with impunity, enjoying protection and likely having direct involvement of the highest ranks of politics, police and judiciary.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1774436.stm

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