• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Whatever lawyer or lawyers thought “blame the victimized child” was a good defense strategy need to be disbarred.

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      Sorry, but If my employer asked me to defend a p3do and blame a 9-yo instead, I might just have to take that golden parachute. There are plenty of other high-paying corporate law positions out there.

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      Ehh, not far from the standard defense strategy of blaming a rape victim. Personally, I’d like to see victim blaming thrown out of a courtroom/law and any attorney that tries it to be at the very least reprimanded for it and at most sanctioned like fined or disbarred. All attacking victims do is prevent people coming forward and it keep criminals free.

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      Women get blamed for being victimized constantly because it works. If there was no backlash the judge probably would have agreed with it.