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Ex-husband jailed 20 years in French mass rape trial (www.bangkokpost.com)

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[-] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Her face in that thumbnail, so happy, and I think a bit at peace too. True complete peace with the horror that she’s faced will be a long time coming, but she’s channeled that immediate rage into justice. And started a larger movement to combat the ingrained misogyny in their (ours?) culture. It’s way too short a sentence for him, but he probably won’t make it out alive.

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

It's the maximum legal sentence, and 20 years is absolutely no joke

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

A real shame. With that many assaults, it really should have been a longer sentence.

[-] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

He got the maximum sentence.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

depends on if they had chosen to sentence him for 51 crimes or one crime with 51 incidences. They should have sentenced the husband to 51x20 years, or 1020 years in prison.

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's not how it works in France at all. You get prosecuted on all charges, but only condemned for the most grievous offense. So for a murder+assault+trespassing case, if found guilty of all charges, your sentence would only be for murder.

As all condemnation it takes context into account, like the assault + trespassing, but if there were limits on murder sentences then you'd only be sentence-able to that crime's legal sentencing limits (there are none for murder, which is the only crime that has no sentencing limits).

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The US prison system is made for maximal punishment instead of giving a chance for redemption.
The idea is to keep the prisoners away from society for as long as possible... And got further twisted by for-profit prison as the longer the sentence is, the longer they keep their slave... Sorry, prisoners, for cheap labor.

[-] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

We're in France.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago

Y'all ever notice how much male sexuality is performative for the benefit of other men? I'm not saying that they're gay, they just seem more motivated by peer approval and status than touching a girl.

I recently saw an interview with a stripper who said that the dudes who wanted attention from the girls used $100 bills and were discrete, while the dudes who tossed 100 $1 bills were more interested in the attention of their buddies.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Another interesting thing, in that same vein, is asexual or lesbian women that just go along with being in heterosexual relationships with men because it's 'normal' or convenient.

[-] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Extrapolating this incident to male sexuality at large is idiotic.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The guy is right though. Testosterone peaks as a result of social circumstances.

[-] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Nothing about testosterone makes you sadistically drug and sexually exploit your wife for decades.

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago

Many defendants arrived at the hearing with their bags packed ready for prison. One of them was in tears as he hugged his companion before entering the courtroom.

Aww, boo fucking hoo. 🖕🏾

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

You can bring a bag to prison??

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago

European prisons are different from American ones because they weren't modeled after slave pens

[-] strawberrysocial@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

🎻

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 59 points 2 days ago

"okay but women not wanting to date men is just overreacting" - a sentiment we see even here on fucking Lemmy.

Fifty different men. He also trained these men how to rape their wives.

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I can't imagine wanting/needing to rape my wife. There are so many layers to that I don't even know where to begin wrapping my brain around it.

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

Good

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