Comment by hdunrjdu
4 years ago
I have lurked here for a long time, but felt compelled to create an account to respond to comments in this thread because of how disappointed I was. This community is part of the problem.
On a human level, how can you be so concerned that there's an outside chance that the accused is completely innocent, and at the same time, ignore the fact that in all likelihood, another human was exploited and raped?
Yes, there is a criminal justice system, and yes "innocent until proven guilty" is an important part of it, but it's clearly unable to handle cases such as these. If that's not obvious, you must not be paying close enough attention.
This. Many of the comments are deeply disheartening.
yes but what happens now is "guilty with no chance of being proven innocent", which is much worse. This will have a massive impact on the accused persons life. Keep in mind, it might not be true and it's only one side of the story.
we shouldn't be cancelling people on one sided stories when people reflect back on life and wish they made different choices.