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DaHolk t1_jdyy5s9 wrote

Can someone explain to me why the victim faced possible life in prison, but the two parties involved got 5 years and "a maximum of 20 years tbd" respectively?

I can't be the only one that feels like the math is weird on that. I feel like when an officer of the law knowingly, with malicious intent AND merely for monetary gain is willing to get someone to spend of their life in prison by abusing their position.... 20 years max sounds a bit weak?

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GeekFurious t1_jdzn5zw wrote

Sure, it's simple. The crime of setting up a raping is worse under the law than faking the crime of rape.

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anormalgeek t1_je1dhop wrote

Rape is a horrible, despicable act that can leave people with permanent emotional and physical scars. It destroys lives.

Being falsely accused of rape will leave you permanent emotional scars and destroys lives.

They aren't the same thing, but in both cases you have clear intent to harm someone else in a way that you know will destroy their life. A rape charge shouldn't be lessened, but the others should be worse. "20 years max" is weak. 5 years for the wife is pathetic too.

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DID_IT_FOR_YOU t1_jdzoad2 wrote

Unfortunately in this case framing someone carries a lighter sentence vs hiring men to sexually assault someone.

As for why law enforcement get treated differently? Does it even need to be said?

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georgianarannoch t1_je068ia wrote

But they did hire men to rape someone. They just were also impersonating someone while they did it.

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DID_IT_FOR_YOU t1_je1pqze wrote

It wasn’t rape as it was consensual (they were the ones who invited the men and allowed them in). Notice how the article never mentions the “rapist” being arrested, they definitely did everything they could to make sure the police never caught the guy involved so that the police wouldn’t have his testimony exposing them.

What they did was LIE, make a false report, frame and defame the woman.

There was no rape just tons of deceit to ruin someone.

We have no idea of what actually went on. For all we know the guy off Craigslist double checked with them first and made sure they wanted a hoax rape before “starting.” Everything we know about the incident came from known and convicted liars.

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Drabby t1_je1dkji wrote

They hired men to rape themselves (well, the woman half anyway), which thus makes it not rape after all?

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