The article I read was called “Weekends in Jail for Rape? Why people get sentenced to ‘weekend jail’ by Corey Johnson” This article starts off with Molly Shattuck who raped a 15-year old boy in Georgetown, Delaware. The former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader walked out of the courtroom last week even after raping a 15-year old. She was only sentenced to “48 alterning weekends at the SussexVilation of Probation Center.”
Bennett Barbour: Sentenced for an Eyewitness Account On April 14, 1978, twenty-two year old Bennett Barbour was convicted of rape only due to an eyewitness account. On February 7, 1978, a nineteen year old college student of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, was sexually assaulted at gunpoint. She described her attacker as being a young, 22 to 24 years old, 5’6 tall and weighing in-between 140 to 150 pounds. The victim was told to pick from a series of pictures of those who look most like her attacker, eventually picking Barbour, whose picture had been in the database from an earlier petty charge, which led to his arrest on February 15, 1978, and eventual conviction on April 14, 1978.
Mr. James Kimball, at 23 years old, was a school bus driver who pursued a 15 year old student he’d known for two years. Eventually their “flirtatious” relationship escalated to a “single-sexual encounter” on or about October 3, 1991. The relationship was brought to light by the parents of the child henceforth urging Mr. Kimball to plead guilty to one count of statutory rape in 1992, where the judge then imposed a withheld judgment with a three year probation. After that, Mr. Kimball was accordingly put on the Sex Offender Registry. Due to the essence of the given facts and case report, the disparity in time from the crime to the present, and the technicality of the psychosexual evaluator’s report, I would not have aired the story on Mr.James Kimball.
Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley The Serial Killer Whisperer was a very well written book. It had many interesting facts about Tony Ciaglia and Serial Killers. I personally love how it takes you into the mind of the 15-year-old boy Tony, the minds of serial killers. I feel like the central point of this book is that Tony becomes fascinated with serial killers and then starts to ask the question can I be like them because of my TBI? When they begin writing each other you hear a lot of talk about how these killers believe, they are who they are because of either a mental illness or a brain injury, or because their parents did not love them enough, they were beaten or
During Anne Munch’s presentation of “Rape Myths on Trial” she talked everything about rape, the things that factor into it, how the victim and the suspect aren't alone in the case, and how it affects college students. It really did not affect me, but I know people who have dealt with this situation so it was kind of hard to listen to. I also am in college and attend parties too; the statistics and hearing the phone call from someone who is about my age was scary. Anne Munch’s main point was that no means no. If you don’t want to have sex with someone then you don’t have to, but if they force themselves upon you and hurt you.
Do you view the young woman as a victim of rape, even though she was under the influence and the defendant never penetrated her with his penis? - Yes, I see the young woman as a victim of rape because whether or not he penetrated her with his penis, he had the intent to because her underwear was off, her legs were spread open, he was erect, and he was on top of her as if he was having sex with her. Also, the young woman was unconscious at the time and had no idea this was even taking place. Brock Turner clearly had gone after someone he knew he could get something out of because at the time the victim could not verbally consent to him.
Perceptions from others can be cruel. Criminals are often thought of negatively by themselves and are also disrespected by others in society. The novel Monster presents the impressions people have about Steve Harmon, an accused criminal on trial for robbery and murder. Furthermore, the text explains Steve’s views of himself during and after time in prison from first person point-of-view. The novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers highlights the various perceptions that exist about an accused criminal.
Imagine at the age of 22, having a decent job, a spouse and expecting your first child together. You’d never imagine that prison was in your future, Bennett Barbour certainly didn’t expect this to happen to him let alone be a victim for 34 years. In 1978, the 22-year-old Bennett was arrested after being wrongly convicted of rape of a 19-year old college student while being held at gunpoint. The victim described the assailant as a 5’6” 145-pound male, they were shown two live lineups and a photo lineup and each time the 115-pound bone diseased Bennett Barbour was chosen despite the fact he did not meet the descriptions.
Defense attorneys in cases of sexual assault often “attack the victim’s credibility - the time-honored rape defense that so often results in an acquittal” (Krakauer 136). Diminishing the victim’s credibly and highlighting the standing of the accused are both methods that defense attorneys, like Donaldson’s lawyer, use to win cases of sexual
I must admit that it's not easy to love a rapist; especially when the victim is a relative. After reading the book, it’s clear we can capitalize on loving the convict more than we hate. The book also urges us to divert more resources into preventing and dealing with crimes. The author even goes ahead to quote religion; that we should love our enemies and pray for them. Unfortunately, when enemies provoke us, the first thoughts we have are for hate.
After he was raped, Brandon apologized to John and Tom and said that “this is all my fault”. Brandon felt as if he was the one to blame, even after these men beat, raped, and humiliated him. Brandon believed that he was the problem, when in fact he was just trying to live his life the way he wanted to, and he did nothing wrong. After he was raped, Brandon reported it to the police and the way he was treated was horrible. The Sheriff who talked to Brandon had absolutely no compassion for him and what he went through.
There is also a third view of rape which blames neither the victim nor the rapist but society itself, and this is because there is belief that social norms have an affect on an individuals understanding of what is acceptable. Society also recognizes the consequences of the crime and decides whether they feel the criminal was brought to justice and if not, it can affect the publics view and trust in the justice
“Only women can put a stop to the “open season” on women by strangers”(The Writer’s Presence PG:813). The author Leslie Silko, believes a different life for women is just around the corner. “95,000 women are raped annually with roughly 1070 rapists being convicted” (Independent.co). With
Margaret R Miles writes that Western culture in American Christianity sets out to have evolved into a rape culture. This portrays the myths that are involved with our culture in the United States. Women are sadly unequal to men in our society creating a standard towards women in media, religious beliefs, and clichés that make it difficult to be able to disconnect men from women. The first brief section she writes about is how rape is universal.
What do Ted Bundy, Kenneth Bianchi, Charles Manson, Vera Renczi and Dr. Harold Shipman have in common? Is it their murder convictions or their undoubtedly renown physical attractiveness? According to Slapper & Kelly (2009), in trials by juries citizens are judged by their own coequals. But what when layperson’s judgement interferes with the outcome of the trial? Literature has shown that physical attractiveness plays a fundamental role in different areas: social interaction (Chaiken, 1979; Cunningham et al., 1995), education (Cliffor & Walster, 1973; Buck & Tiene, 1989), employment (Johnson et al. 2010), politics (Chiu & Babcock, 2002; Little et al., 2007) and criminal justice (Darby & Jeffers, 1988; Efran, 1974; Stewart, 1980, 1985).