re: #88 Pie-onist Overlord

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From that article:

“At no time prior to her outcry … did [the victim] behave like a victim,” Appeals Court Judge Christopher McFadden wrote in the order. “Nor did [William Jeffrey] Dumas behave like someone who had recently perpetrated a series of violent crimes against her. … It requires more than that bald argument to satisfy this court that it should ignore the fact that, until the outcry, neither of them showed any fear, guilt or inclination to retreat to a place of safety.”

McFadden also wrote that the victim, who has Down syndrome, did not exhibit “visible distress” when she reported the rape.

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard, who prosecuted the case, said he felt “disgust” at the judge’s actions.

“I had to go visit [the victim] and tell her that even though a jury had convicted her assailant of the crime, the judge was giving the guy a new trial,” Ballard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Her parents were, as you can image, outraged. … I just hope we can get some justice.”

Did Judge McFadden not take into account that being raped might render a woman emotionally numb initially instead resulting in ‘visible distress’? And did he not understand that predators such as William Jeffrey Dumas will often seem ‘nicer’ after committing one of their crimes, as camouflage and to keep the victim in their orbit?

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