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In reply to the discussion: Rape, Lawsuits, Anonymous Leaks: What's Going On in Steubenville, Ohio? (good summary) [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)22. I'm not an attorney, but this case has 'criminal conspiracy' written all over it to my untutored
imagination.
Which means each co-conspirator is equally guilty of any and all acts of any of the other conspirators. (Vincent Bugliosi, in Reclaiming History calls this the "vicarious liability theory of conspiracy, which holds that each member of a conspiracy is criminally responsible for all crimes committed by his co-conspirators in pursuance of the objective of the conspiracy" (emphasis added, p. 1296).
Thus, if the objective of the conspiracy was 'revenge' (making this a case of 'revenge rape' or 'revenge sexual assault'), all conspirators to that objective are equally guilty whether they had genital contact with the victim or witnessed said contact.
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cali
Jan 2013
OP
Have you had a chance to see some of the video? It is disturbing for sure. That girl was
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#8
That is terrible. I would tell girls to go in groups of friends you can really trust and you
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#13
Important information that seems to be missing from most reporting of all of this. nt.
polly7
Jan 2013
#18
This happened many times at several colleges also. If you're partying with jocks or frat boys
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2013
#19
I remember one time going to a party with my twin. We were 19 yrs old. We went to a neighbors
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#20
Gee, I never did. He didn't have a chance to do anything because I came in and told him
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#37
Oh am with you about boys for sure. I told my son if he all the things you would tell your
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#38
when addressing we always show the numbers without much thought. boomers. 20 yr olds aged
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#39
And yet the sociological crime models predicted a wave of "super criminals" in the 1990's
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#41
my boys and i were talking about this the other day. i am gonna think about it.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#43
Am I to understand that this rape was premeditated as well? That it was planned she was drugged
Earth_First
Jan 2013
#14
I'm not an attorney, but this case has 'criminal conspiracy' written all over it to my untutored
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#22
from what i read, may spent a couple weeks trying to convince her that he wanted to date.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#40