Posted on 10/29/2015 2:12:47 PM PDT by sparklite2
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – A New Hampshire judge on Thursday sentenced a former student at an elite prep school to serve one year in jail for luring an underage classmate into a sexual encounter.
Owen Labrie, 20, was convicted in August at the end of a high-profile trial that cast a harsh light on the culture of the elite St. Paul’s School and its tradition of a “senior salute,†in which final-year students invited underclassmen for sexual encounters.
Labrie could be seen crossing himself in a gesture of prayer as he waited for Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Larry Smukler to issue his sentence, which was considerably less than the seven years prosecutors had sought. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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Labrie could be seen crossing himself in a gesture of prayer
St. Paul’s is one of the nation’s top prep schools, and its alumni include well-known figures in business and politics, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Hmmm...
Three counts sounds like statutory, and not forcible. Bad stuff, but dad, your little girl did not "stand up to the rape culture." She went along with the hook-up culture. A well-raised little girl would have smacked the clown in the ear and walked away, and there would have been nothing to complain about.
You know what's really stupid? Co-ed boarding schools. And you sent your daughter to one. I know y'all have money. But did you think human nature would be suspended in deference to it?
The girl testified it was forcible. The jury acquitted him of the felony (forcible) counts, but convicted him of statutory rape.
It is a possibility that this case is a subtle mix of extreme naivete and gross stupidity (girl) and over eagerness bordering on at least mild coercion (boy).
Both testified there was no intercouse, but other things did happen. She testified that the current slang for intercouse only meant “making out,” and he testified that he thought it meant “the whole thing.” Thus, here willingness to go with him even though she wasn’t prepared for his intended activities.
I think the conviction, and thus sentencing, was harsh. I don’t think the case should have been brought. I can see some sort of punishment by the school, or even having his admission to Harvard rescinded.
The school did not create a gentleman in this case. And Harvard should more often exercise its right not to accept the morally degraded.
And the young lady should be scolded for getting into a situation that she almost couldn’t get out of.
Actually, he testified they didn’t have sex. She testified she was penetrated and she believes it was with his penis, because she could see both her hands.
As to whether is was consensual, who knows? Was it even actual sex? I don’t know.
I still thinking prosecuting was heavy handed. Was he a cad? Certainly? A rapist??? ...
Sounds imho like the judge was going for a PC-correct sentence, not a just one.
Sounds like a TYPICAL CASE of Sunday Morning Regret. If she’s lucky, I won’t be passing judgment on her lifestyle.
The sentence is nothing.
Being on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life for statutory rape is dreadful.
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in with the first “blame the victim” post...
They're both victims. Of a culture of stupid, timorous parents and corrupt schools that don't teach kids how to behave and then don't have the nerve to keep an eye on them. If the authorities aren't clear on what's allowed and not allowed, and if they're not serious about enforcing morality, then the school is to blame, and it's unjust to go criminal on some consensual act that wasn't sex.
He’s some victim. I will not post the language this creep used about the girl and other female conquests. Let’s just say he’s not the choir boy the defense makes him out to be. This was a younger teen girl that he targeted specifically.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/owen-labrie-sentenced-rape-st-paul-article-1.2416263
I don’t agree with getting sex offender status, but I won’t shed a tear over his year in the county clink.
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