Recent content by HurlyBurly

I would consider that sexual coercion, which is indeed a form of rape. I'm not denying that. However, when I was in high school, I had a boyfriend who was about three years older than me. We had sex, as do many teenagers. Had we lived in another state, this would have been considered rape. That...

Hi mysteriew. I got the information on recidivism from one of my courses in criminology. If I recall correctly, compared to other crimes, the recidivism rate is relatively low. I agree that we need to prevent as many children from being scarred as possible. I have many thoughts on rape culture...

Thanks lovelydork. I can see your point. Rape and child molestation are horrible crimes. They scar and traumatize the victim in a really invasive way. I'm not sure the laws can be any harsher than they are, tbh. Certainly child molesters should receive at least a decade of jail time, and violent...

Not to excuse sex offenders, but I'm horribly disturbed by the last few posts. Yes, there are some who have committed the most heinous of crimes, but there are also many people in the sex offender registry who do not deserve to be stigmatized for life, and certainly don't deserve to have their...

Thanks so much for the warm welcome Reannan! Yes, you're absolutely right. I think everyone here deserves a good break away from the grimness that this case exposed us all to. It took us to probably the darkest places, not only on the internet, but in the human mind. I'm going to join you in...

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I just wanted to post my generalized thoughts, and thank you's. I've been following the case on this forum since accidentally coming across a still photo taken from "the" video. Some idiot on a forum completely unrelated to crime thought it would be a good...