Reply #27: About that SANE report

[TorchTheWitch]

Again, tempered with appropriate cynicism, defense sources have stated that the findings in the actual report show that there was no bruising, tearing, or bleeding and that the extent of the injuries was limited to swelling.

The defense says in their own motion that they have only 5 sections of a 17 section SANE report... something tells me that since they're missing MOST of the report, there's lots more that was said about the accuser's injuries including that of her genitals. Because the defense has so little of the report, it's no wonder they don't have any evidence from the report of bruising, tearing or bleeding of the genitals, not that the report SAYS there was none of these things. Swelling is usually consistant with an external exam while bruising, tearing and bleeding are usually found upon the internal exam... seems to me they just don't have the section on the internal exam. The defense does admit they have a section of the SANE that reports tenderness in the abdominal lower (left/right can't remember which) quadrant which IS typically a physical injury associated with rape rather than consensual sex (and is also a finding of an external exam).

All we know at this point is that the defense has no section of the SANE report that mentions bruising, tearing or bleeding of the genitals which is not the least surprising since they have so little of the full report.