Agreed. I started to say that of course you would arrest a murderer, but then... I thought again. That's a valid question, but society has a huge interest in getting these crimes reported so that the perpetrators can be caught. Rape has a huge toll on women. I have read that many rape victims wind up losing their jobs and are still feeling the repercussions of the rape after their attacker has been released from jail. Think about that. This should not be happening.
But most especially, even if you arrest the person, the counseling, treatment and emergency contraception need to be made available. On 1/31/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What if she WAS a menace to society? What if her crime was kidnapping or > murder? I guess my point is that the law needs to be clearer when dealing > with these types of situations, where a criminal becomes the victim. > > I think it's obvious in THIS case that incarceration probably wasn't the > correct move...but are there certain offenses where maybe it would have > been? > > It's a valid consideration. > > On 1/31/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > she apparently did not complete all the terms of a restitution > > agreement, but this doesn't necessarily make her a menace to society. > > I think that the one-third of women who report rapes may think again > > if they are going to have to worry about whether they ever missed a > > court date or forgot to pay a parking ticket. Some people have untidy > > lives, sure, but I don't think it's making excuses to say that there > > is such a thing as a sense of proportion. > > > > Dana > > > > On 1/31/07, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That's just insane. > > > > > > I agree, how stupid of the police to even think about locking up a > > felon, > > > that's just ridiculous! > > > > > > -- > > > James Smith - IT Director > > > uWish Ltd - http://www.uWish.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226322 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
