Sex Offender Registries, Sex Offenders Search, News, Info and Discussion

  
Home | Sex Offender Registry | Megan's Law | Forums (Message Boards) | News Archive
AMBER Alert | Law Enforcement Agencies | Directory of Sites | Polls | Library | Glossary | More Resources                             Login | About Us

Forum: In the News

Thread (Discussion): [USA Today] In sexual assault cases, athletes usually walk

In order to post a message to a new thread or reply to existing messages you must be logged in. If you'd like to post messages please login or register as a new user.

Message 123489
Introduction


Posted by admin on Dec 21, 2003 09:37 PM | Also by admin
Gender: N/A, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: N/A
Discuss the article In sexual assault cases, athletes usually walk, by Tom Weir and Erik Brady, which appeared on USA Today on December 21, 2003.

Forum Home | Top of Thread
In order to post a message to a new thread or reply to existing messages you must be logged in. If you'd like to post messages please login or register as a new user.

Message 123490 (In Reply to Message 123489)


Posted by steve on Dec 22, 2003 02:39 AM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
Of those 167 allegations, involving 163 athletes, only 22 saw their cases go to trial, and only six cases resulted in convictions. In another 45 cases, a plea agreement was reached. Combined with the six athletes convicted at trial and one who pleaded guilty as charged, that gives the athletes a 31% total conviction rate in the resolved cases. That means more than two-thirds were never charged, saw the charges dropped or were acquitted.


This is a pretty interesting article about the disparity in how sports figures fare in trial compared to the average citizen.

Forum Home | Top of Thread | Jump To Parent (123489)
In order to post a message to a new thread or reply to existing messages you must be logged in. If you'd like to post messages please login or register as a new user.

Message 123575 (In Reply to Message 123490)
The cost of being innocent


Posted by marta on Dec 23, 2003 12:31 AM | Also by marta
Gender: Female, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: United States
I'd be willing to bet that just about all of the disparity could be explained by the quality of representation the athletes get compared to that of the average joe.

Forum Home | Top of Thread | Jump To Parent (123490)
In order to post a message to a new thread or reply to existing messages you must be logged in. If you'd like to post messages please login or register as a new user.

Message 123756 (In Reply to Message 123575)


Posted by orolan on Dec 25, 2003 04:16 AM | Also by orolan
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: United States
Not to mention the very real possibility that the accusations are fabricated. If you were going to make a false assault claim, would you make it against the guy bussing tables down in the bar, or the millionaire athlete upstairs?

Forum Home | Top of Thread | Jump To Parent (123575)
In order to post a message to a new thread or reply to existing messages you must be logged in. If you'd like to post messages please login or register as a new user.

Message 123823 (In Reply to Message 123489)


Posted by Silverthorne on Dec 26, 2003 09:13 PM | Also by Silverthorne
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Arizona, Country: United States
I read this article. It seems to all revolve around money. Look at the OJ case. I think everything points to him actually doing it. But grab some high priced lawyers, confuse the issue with the race card (which had nothing to do with it) and turn it into a media circus. What you end up with is not-guilty in most cases.

Silverthorne

Forum Home | Top of Thread | Jump To Parent (123489)

Thread


123489, admin, Dec 21, 2003 09:37 PM [Introduction]
      123490, steve, Dec 22, 2003 02:39 AM
            123575, marta, Dec 23, 2003 12:31 AM [The cost of being innocent]
                  123756, orolan, Dec 25, 2003 04:16 AM
            123576, Rejected
      123823, Silverthorne, Dec 26, 2003 09:13 PM
Forum Home | Top of Thread
Tell a Friend about this page.
Copyright 1998-2007 SexCriminals.com and Befriend | About Site | Credits | Contact Us