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LustyLocks


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Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison
#19142037 - 11/15/13 06:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I hope this is ok to post. I know this isn't drug related news, but I just wanted to post to make an example of how fucked up our legal system is. Americans are getting thrown in jail everyday for possessing small amounts of marijuana and the like. I was just horrified at reading this. Stoner Steve from the end of the block can get locked up for having an eighth in his pocket while Austin Smith Clem gets off with probation for rape. It's just fucked up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/15/alabama-man-rape-jail-prison-austin-smith-clem_n_4281870.html
An Alabama man convicted of raping his former neighbor and friend found out Wednesday that he won't be going to prison for the crime, according to AL.com, an Alabama Media Group blog.
Austin Smith Clem, 25, was found guilty of three counts of rape (one count of first-degree rape and two counts of second-degree rape) in September. However, on Nov. 13, Judge James Woodroof ordered Clem to spend two years in a reform program aimed at nonviolent criminals and three years on probation, according to the official court order from the Limestone County Circuit Court. Clem will also have to register as a sex offender.
Woodroff's decision reportedly stunned Chief Deputy District Attorney Jim Ayers, who apparently leapt to his feet exclaiming, "This isn't legal. It's not a legal sentence," as described to AL.com. The report notes that according to the Code of Alabama, first-degree rape sentences range from 10 to 99 years in prison, while second-degree rape ranges from two to 10 years.
The victim told Al.com that she is "livid" about the decision. She was raped by Clem twice when she was 14, and once when she was 18. The woman urged the judge to reconsider, particularly because Clem has three young daughters, the report notes.
Despite the victim's protests, the defense maintains the decision is appropriate, in light of the case. Dan Totten, Clem's defense attorney, told Mother Jones the sentence is "not a slap on the wrist" and noted that Clem's life will be very restricted for the next six years, two of which he'll spend in the Limestone County Community Corrections Plan. The reform program is intended to provide the "diversion of non-violent offenders from the penitentiary," according to its website.
Clem isn't the only rape convict to be given a relatively light sentence in recent days. As the Los Angeles Times reported this week, 45-year-old California soccer coach Timothy Lyman was sentenced to just one year of jail time after pleading no contest to raping one of his players while she was drunk and unconscious. Under California law, the minimum sentence for raping a minor is seven years. The light sentence was the result of a plea deal.
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison [Re: LustyLocks]
#19142106 - 11/15/13 06:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's fucked man
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aphorism
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison [Re: Repertoire89]
#19142406 - 11/15/13 07:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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How can a judge consider rape to be nonviolent?
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison [Re: aphorism] 1
#19142428 - 11/15/13 07:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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2nd degree rape is what the State of Alabama now calls "statutory rape" meaning it was consensual. Also sex offenders pretty much live in prison even when they're free and that registry is a life sentence.
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison [Re: Mchaggis]
#19142441 - 11/15/13 07:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mchaggis said: 2nd degree rape is what the State of Alabama now calls "statutory rape" meaning it was consensual. Also sex offenders pretty much live in prison even when they're free and that registry is a life sentence.
Bullshit
Tar and feather that judge
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison (moved) [Re: LustyLocks]
#19142454 - 11/15/13 07:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from Shroomery News Service.
Reason: Not drug or mushroom related.
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison (moved) [Re: Alan Rockefeller] 1
#19142542 - 11/15/13 08:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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NOOOOOO not Alabama Man!!!
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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison (moved) [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19142548 - 11/15/13 08:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ah yes....rape: The official State pastime of Alabama.
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LustyLocks


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Re: Alabama Man Convicted Of Rape Won't Be Going To Prison (moved) [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19143773 - 11/16/13 01:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks Alan. I wasn't sure if that was in the appropriate area.
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