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lastlib

(23,287 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:52 PM Dec 2012

Another Todd Akin moment--this idiot is a JUDGE!!!

Calif. judge says victims' bodies can prevent rape.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57559152/calif-judge-says-victims-bodies-can-prevent-rape/

A Southern California judge is being publicly admonished for saying a rape victim "didn't put up a fight" during her assault and that if someone doesn't want sexual intercourse, the body "will not permit that to happen."


The California Commission on Judicial Performance voted 10-0 to impose a public admonishment Thursday, saying Superior Court Judge Derek Johnson's comments were inappropriate and a breach of judicial ethics.

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Johnson made the comments in the case of a man who threatened to mutilate the face and genitals of his ex-girlfriend with a heated screwdriver, beat her with a metal baton and made other violent threats before committing rape, forced oral copulation, and other crimes.

Though the woman reported the criminal threats the next day, the woman did not report the rape until 17 days later.

Johnson, a former prosecutor in the Orange County district attorney's sex crimes unit, said during the man's 2008 sentencing that he had seen violent cases on that unit in which women's vaginas were "shredded" by rape.

"I'm not a gynecologist, but I can tell you something: If someone doesn't want to have sexual intercourse, the body shuts down. The body will not permit that to happen unless a lot of damage is inflicted, and we heard nothing about that in this case," Johnson said.


Johnson said he believed the prosecutor's request of a 16-year sentence was not authorized by law. Johnson sentenced the rapist to six years instead, saying that's what the case was "worth."

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Where do they find these knuckledragging troglodytes???

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Another Todd Akin moment--this idiot is a JUDGE!!! (Original Post) lastlib Dec 2012 OP
The judge owes us an empirical demonstration of his position Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #1
Well said. My thoughts exactly. Experience is the best teacher. nt valerief Dec 2012 #2
don't forget this bastard used to be in the DA's sex crimes unit. all his cases need to be niyad Dec 2012 #3

niyad

(113,556 posts)
3. don't forget this bastard used to be in the DA's sex crimes unit. all his cases need to be
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 09:53 PM
Dec 2012

reviewed.

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