Posted on 11/01/2019 11:51:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A court in Barcelona cleared five men of sexual assault charges on Thursday after saying the crime did not fit the legal definition of rape because the unconscious teenage victim didn't fight back.
Under Spanish law, a sexual attack can only be classified as an assault or rape if the perpetrator uses violence or intimidation. Because the 14-year-old victim was unconscious, the five were convicted of a lesser charge of sexual abuse.
The case renewed pressure on the government to reform the law and specify that any sexual act without consent is an assault.
The Barcelona court sentenced the five men to 10 to 12 years in prison, despite the prosecution arguing they should be charged with assault.
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There names were on a photo in the original article.
The article also had a link embeded in the picture at the article’s page that took me to another CNN article. There it listed the perps...”Defendants Jose Angel Prenda Martinez, Angel Boza Florido, Jesus Escudero Dominguez, Antonio Manuel Guerrero Escudero and Alfonso Jesus Cabezuelo Entrena — known as the Wolf Pack...”
I was just VERY curious about their names. Fully expected them to be followers of the Religion of Piece. ¡Que sorpresa!
As long as you used drugs or alcohol, it’s not “rape rape”.
Their names...
Spaniards, Cubans, an Argentine, according to an Atlantic article.
OK. I'd bite. why should dad be assaulted?
yeah that girl had no business being unconscious...:(
For not keeping an eye on his daughter, 14 is a child.
They just sentence a former police officer here in Georgia to 12 years for shooting a naked lunatic that was charging at him. Why would anyone be a cop when you could just be a rapist?
10 to 12 years in prison is a virtual death sentence in Spain.
Correct, 14 is a child...that think they are mini adults.
Having raised two daughters, into adulthood, it isn't easy to have your "eye" on them 24/7....
Coming to DemonRat enclaves near you!
What?
AFAIK in US it is not rape if the victim was unconscious due to voluntarily intoxication which is practically the same.
It East Europe rape is mostly defined as an intercourse which is both against the will or BYPASSING the will of the victim.
At 14 a girl is not the only one to blame for her being unconscious with 5 young men.
At 18? probably.
After 21, there’s no one else to hold responsible.
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