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Italy outraged as court finds victim too ugly to be raped
The Star.com ^ | 3/13/2019 | Nicole Winfield

Posted on 03/13/2019 1:14:42 PM PDT by Beave Meister

ROME - Italy’s 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 Italy’s 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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KEYWORDS: courts; italy; men; peruvian; rape; ttiuwp; ugly; womansrights; women
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She is the Viagra antidote...
1 posted on 03/13/2019 1:14:42 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

I heard Rush talking about this today.


2 posted on 03/13/2019 1:16:37 PM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Beave Meister

No wonder Islamists love Italy.


3 posted on 03/13/2019 1:18:37 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Beave Meister

Some men like ugly women.


4 posted on 03/13/2019 1:21:20 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Beave Meister

Are the rapists too stupid to be hung?


5 posted on 03/13/2019 1:21:46 PM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: Beave Meister

She can’t be uglier than a camel. There’s no accounting for Muslim tastes.


6 posted on 03/13/2019 1:21:55 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Beave Meister

Moochell? The Ol’ package defense.


7 posted on 03/13/2019 1:22:07 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Trump stands alone.)
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To: marktwain

I been to Italy recently, I heard about since underhanded crap that goes on there but damn this insane, what the heck are the Italians smoking?


8 posted on 03/13/2019 1:23:06 PM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: Beave Meister

She’s so ugly two guys broke into her apartment, and she cried “Rape”, and they screamed “NOOOO!”

Rodney Dangerfield


9 posted on 03/13/2019 1:23:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mewzilla

Lemme guess, she migrated to Dearborn Michigan and became the latest Member of the House of Representatives from that district last fall?

Or was that Minnesota?


10 posted on 03/13/2019 1:23:22 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: mewzilla

She’s Peruvian not Italian....


11 posted on 03/13/2019 1:23:28 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: the_individual2014

I suppose if the perps were well-heeled, jurors could have been threatened and/or bribed...


12 posted on 03/13/2019 1:24:30 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Beave Meister

There’s no picture of the woman in-question. Any reason why that might be>?


13 posted on 03/13/2019 1:24:49 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Beave Meister

by an all-female panel —...........................


14 posted on 03/13/2019 1:27:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Beave Meister

So? So were the perps. Clearly you can get away with heinous sexual assault in Italy. Islamists will go gaga for that. And there are more of them in Italy at the moment, I suspect, than pervy Peruvians.


15 posted on 03/13/2019 1:27:31 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Beave Meister

Here’s the real kicker -

“The appeals sentence was handed down in 2017 — by an all-female panel...”


16 posted on 03/13/2019 1:29:13 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: Beave Meister

Shoot, I’m an Appalachian-American. I just close my eyes and pretend it is my sister.


17 posted on 03/13/2019 1:29:28 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: 2banana

It’s hanged, not hung. The difference is important.


18 posted on 03/13/2019 1:30:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Beave Meister

Is this known as the “Hillary Defense”?


19 posted on 03/13/2019 1:33:21 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: DesertRhino

Charlie: “They said you was hung.”
Bart: “And they was right.”


20 posted on 03/13/2019 1:37:26 PM PDT by Purdue77 (Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
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