reread my post
I am in agreement with you.
Mere, by the book zero tolerance on this issue is not, in my view, the correct handling of the issue, because it dismisses any need to understand the facts in the context of the relationship or the context of the incident. Judges should be able to examine all the facts in their context and decide if it is merely a case of two young people who acted prematurely and hastily, together, or was there actual “rape”.
Yes there should be a public record of the judge’s proceedings but I would even go so far as to say the judge should first get the facts from each of the young persons, alone in his chambers, and before any “open court” proceeding, so the teens will be free to tell the judge THEIR truth without any pressure from anyone.
No, no. I understand you are. I just wanted to provide an example of
the sort of thing that can happen when parents don’t try to think a thing through. I understand their anger and I thank the good Lord everyday I didn’t have daughters but I really don’t think in this case the nuclear option was called for.