re: #228 mmmirele
This is going to be terrible to say, but sexual assault is endemic in our society, we don’t acknowledge it, powerful forces try to cover it up and minimize it, and it’s entirely possible the jurors had no idea until they were in the trial what had happened to them.
QFT. One hundred fucking percent!
And it is less times the monster of our nightmares or stranger danger but someone we know, a family member or friend of.