Unfortunately, that's difficult to do. In a lot of cases, the victim is

Nov 14, 2019
2:03:00pm

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victimized again by being put on the stand. However, a victim's testimony is usually required for conviction and a criminal defendant has the right to confront his accuser.

I've seen cases get dropped entirely because the victim refuses to testify.

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Just a rant: the hardest part of my job as a prosecutor is deciding what to do

cougarfann888

11/14/19 1:56pm

Sounds like the system needs to be changed to protect the abused.

dadofkhec

11/14/19 1:58pm

Unfortunately, that's difficult to do. In a lot of cases, the victim is

CougBlu

11/14/19 2:03pm

Yep it’s crappy system but Unfortunatley probably the best one there is

cougarfann888

11/14/19 2:03pm

That sucks all the way around.

dadofkhec

11/14/19 2:10pm

The confrontation clause of the 6th Amendment seems to be a bedrock due process

dryflycoug

11/14/19 2:05pm

Yep. Imagine being falsely accused.

frontrowcougar

11/14/19 2:14pm

The parents need to take a stand and teach their boy

brazilcoug

11/14/19 2:07pm

When the kid has been through he11, not everything has to be a teaching moment.

garyfan

11/14/19 2:13pm

I guess we just put the guy in prison, then let him come out years later

brazilcoug

11/14/19 2:15pm

You are taking a very complex issue, stripping it of all its context and nuance,

garyfan

11/14/19 2:19pm

You dont put that on the kid, period. Their only job, is to find a way to cope

Ozymandias

11/14/19 2:25pm

They get literally labeled as sex offenders with a website to find them

fattycoug

11/14/19 4:04pm

Really cheap and easy to say that.

shimmy

11/14/19 2:17pm

That is really dumb. You cant put that additional burden on a kid who has

Ozymandias

11/14/19 2:24pm

having been a juror on a 15 count children molestation trial I disagree

11/14/19 2:57pm

I think the age of the perp (and therefore likelihood of re-offending after

garyfan

11/14/19 2:12pm

Yep that was definitely a consideration but this guy is barely into 70s and

cougarfann888

11/14/19 2:39pm

Death Penalty for child molesters IMO. Recidivism rate of 80%.

CObluezone

11/14/19 3:09pm

I don't want to think in black and white... but I could not agree more.

CougaRR4L

11/14/19 4:15pm

Why do you specifically call out white slavery?

Ozymandias

11/14/19 4:30pm

Life in prison probably makes more sense

donnerstag

11/14/19 4:26pm

How do you deal with perpetrators who were victims themselves?

LaserCoug

11/14/19 4:29pm

We’ll send them to The Lord and he can figure that part out. All I care about is

CObluezone

11/14/19 4:50pm

Need a Children's Justice Center every place. They video interviews w/ victims in a comfortable setting

Soupie

11/14/19 4:21pm

Unfortunately based on case law in my state that wouldn’t work.

cougarfann888

11/14/19 4:37pm

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