[mountaineer]

I don't know that anyone here said this 19-year-old deserved the rape, even though he did deserve to be incarcerated for his crime. Sadly, he probably should have expected it, or at least considered it a possibility once he was incarcerated. I remember attending a court hearing several years ago where the judge was sentencing a 19-year-old to probation. He made it quite clear to the young man that if he did anything to screw up, he would be going to jail, and the judge also made it clear that the other inmates most likely would consider him a lovely piece of fresh meat. The kid was quaking in his boots. He knew exactly what the judge meant. It doesn't mean it's right, but it is the way things are in our jails and prisons.

[southern rock]

and the judge also made it clear that the other inmates most likely would consider him a lovely piece of fresh meat.

That judge should be removed from the bench and disbarred for not only condoning criminal activity, but using it as part of his sentencing.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I don't know that anyone here said this 19-year-old deserved the rape, even though he did deserve to be incarcerated for his crime.

I know you didn't, mountaineer - but post #15 jokingly implied as much, and when I objected, the same person posted #51. (There may have been a couple of other similar comments as well - I didn't go back and look for them, though.) Also, I think the "he should have fought back" position places a subtle kind of blame on the kid for not preventing what happened. That's not the same as saying he deserved it, but it seems as to me it's one step removed.