Posted on 03/13/2019 1:14:42 PM PDT by Beave Meister
ROME - Italys Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary inquiry into an appeals court ruling that overturned a rape verdict in part by arguing that the woman who was attacked was too ugly to be a credible rape victim.
The ruling has sparked outrage in Italy, prompting a flash mob Monday outside the Ancona court, where protesters shouted Shame! and held up signs saying indignation.
The appeals sentence was handed down in 2017 by an all-female panel but the reasons behind it only emerged publicly when Italys high court annulled it on March 5 and ordered a retrial. The Court of Cassation said Wednesday its own reasons for ordering the retrial will be issued next month.
Two Peruvian men were initially convicted of the 2015 rape of a Peruvian woman in Ancona, but the Italian appeals court overturned the verdict and absolved them, finding that she was not a credible witness. In part of the ruling, the court noted that the suspects had found her unattractive and too masculine to be a credible rape victim.
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There several reasons I could think of why there is no photo of the victim . One, she is a victim, they never publish the photo of the victim unless it’s a Conservative. Two, she looks like Helen Thomas, or Joy Behar, or Nancy Pelosi. etc...
That cinches it.
Laz needs to be on EVERY Italian jury.
With a blue pill and a couple bottles of wine,man will hit anything.
Is she uglier than a sheep? A goat? A donkey?
They could at least post her picture so that Laz can render his verdict.
Yet the courts are silent on entire countries mandating their women wear bags over their faces when in public, lest they be stoned!
Did you hear the joke about the plastic surgeon who hung himself?
Remember this song?
If you want to be happy the rest of your life, marry an ugly wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ZJiBHh-Yw
Many comments in this thread are appalling & unbecoming of so-called conservatives.
Rapists arent looking for love; they’re screwy in the head & seek to overpower, degrade & dehumanize their targets. Violence is their turn-on. Victim’s appearance is irrelevant.
I knew an 85 year old woman who was raped & beaten in her home.
Agreed.
Beer.
Helping ugly people have sex since 13,000 B.C.
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