Weeks before Aaron Spencer’s murder trial, the charge was dismissed after discovering that law enforcement had lost video evidence of the incident

  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
    26·
    15 days ago

    hmmmmmmm indeed. Pretty fucking hard to decide one way or the other without evidence, but if the accusations are correct…

    BIG “IF” on that one, from an, “innocent until proven guilty perspective”. Almost like people are forgetting the whole fucking point of, “justice”.

    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
      161·
      14 days ago

      Sexual assault is notoriously hard to proof. The system is set up that you need verifiable evidence. Your word against their worddoesn’t cut it, you need video or biological evidence or something. 9 out of 10 (don’tquote me on that) sexual assault cases get dismissed because of a lack of evidence.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      31·
      14 days ago

      He was already awaiting court for raping the girl. I assume a grooming dude that convinced her to see him again

      • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
        182·
        14 days ago

        Still a bit fucky to just axe the guy. Not for THIS case, but for the precedence that it sets. Cops et. al. should NEVER be able to freely murder people they think are guilty. Ever. Period.

        • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
          41·
          14 days ago

          Yeah, I agree entirely.

          I’m a pacifist.

          If I intercepted my kid being a victim of this I’d potentially mama bear their abductor to shreds

          • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            Yea, caught in the act is definitely quite the trigger. Though what if he’s one of those kids that look way older (rare, I know, but some of even my friends from HS looked like they were 20 as sophomores)? What if they’re actually also 13 and you’re just pissed off your daughter is doing the dirty? What if they’re not even doing the deed?

            I don’t mean to defend any weirdos, and especially not rapists (not statutory ones either), but there are a lot of situations dads will freak out about that aren’t illegal nor nefarious. Murder, even for seemingly emotionally justifiable reasons, should never just be OK.

            As anyone who’s gone to war will attest, it changes you. The people who can just do it and not be changed are … probably dangerous people anyways…