Miscellaneous

Rape victims must remain sad and miserable forever!

Lest you think that lawyers on the other side of the pond are somehow classier than our crop, let barrister Colin McCarraher set the record straight. He was defending a rapist and tried to claim that the man's 2001 victim can't really have been that traumatized by the 7-year-old ordeal because -- get this -- there were photos on her Facebook page where she was smiling.

"What we have is a person who has post traumatic stress but is quite capable of going out and having a good time at a fancy dress party." And thus, argued McCarraher, the rapist should be given a lighter sentence. The judge saw through this horseshit, thankfully, and gave the rapist a five-and-a-half year sentence. And McCarraher has received a fair amount of criticism for being an utter douchenozzle.

(Hat tip to reader Patricia M.)

Full post as published by Quiz Law on October 17, 2008 (boomark / email).