stumu415@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down110 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comstumu415@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square119linkfedilink cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·2 months agoI bet the sentence would not be 90 days if the genders were swapped.
minus-squarevelma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down5·2 months agoSentences for male rapists don’t tend to be very long either.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months agoThis web stie says the average sentence for statutory rape is 42 months, so still seems a little low. Now, I understand how statistics and averages work, so I can’t say how this compares to the median, but my guess is, not favorably. Edit: spelling
minus-squareCapt. Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThe numbers are slightly skewed because one of them is currently serving a presidential term.
minus-squareNouvellalia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoYeah! She should get a real sentence, like trump and that gang of male pedos!
I bet the sentence would not be 90 days if the genders were swapped.
Sentences for male rapists don’t tend to be very long either.
This web stie says the average sentence for statutory rape is 42 months, so still seems a little low. Now, I understand how statistics and averages work, so I can’t say how this compares to the median, but my guess is, not favorably.
Edit: spelling
The numbers are slightly skewed because one of them is currently serving a presidential term.
Yeah! She should get a real sentence, like trump and that gang of male pedos!
It’s true. It would be 0