JMHO, so please, be magnanimous. Intolerance does not help analyzing societal issues. A) Are public defenders “more” negligent when the defendant is male? B) Are sexual impropriety more harshly vilified when the perpetrator is male? C) Does the ethnicity of the victim in American cases of sexual crimes matter? Tad Cummins is an offender. Let us crucify him! While doing that, could we also analyze what is going on in our American society?
“Benjamin Galloway is the Federal Public Defender assigned to the case. He argued that Cummins has no history of violence, threats, or coercion and that the 15-year-old "left of her own free will."
http://www.capradio.org/articles/20...amento-for-kidnapping-of-15-year-old-student/
Benjamin David Galloway - #214897, Esq. is an attorney with zero record of disciplinary action at the Office of Federal Defenders in Sacramento, CA 95814. Was Benjamin Galloway present when Mr. Tad Cummins incriminated himself as alleged in the federal affidavit? Why did he, if applicable, let Tad Cummins speak at all? Is the question of Tad Cummins’ gender at play here? Mr. Tad Cummins with ET is a male perpetrator case. For a female perpetrator, there was the case of Letourneau. “Mary Kay Fualaau (née Schmitz, formerly Mary Kay Letourneau; born January 30, 1962) is an American former schoolteacher who pleaded guilty to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child, her 12-year-old student, Vili Fualaau. Her plea agreement called for six months in jail, with three months suspended, and no contact with Fualaau for life.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_Letourneau Why is it that Mr. Tad Cummins is vilified so much as a monster? While Ms. Letourneau initially got away with 6 months in jail with 3 months suspended? Could the gender of the perpetrator explains the gap?
Another question is about ethnicity. Does our American society punishes the perpetrator more severely when the victim is a Caucasian female? The child Vili Fualaau was a 12 year old child when he was victimized by Ms. Letourneau.
JMHO, open mind about societal phenomenon helps us comprehend why these disgusting events happened and what could be done to prevent them. IMO, we are educated adults discussing societal issues in America. Don’t be offended with questions. Just slide and ride away if you disagree.