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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fucking finally. Price of shit rapist. Maybe the Dutch will reform their legal system in-time for the next Olympics?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Im not sure if any legal system would say a felon cant join the olympics. Unless you mean having draconian punishments like the US. Then no, I hope they dont damage their legal system to become that corrupt.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He got 13 months for rape and only one of those months was actually their choice the other 12 was the UK government's choice. Essentially they thought that one month of imprisonment for rape was acceptable.

They clearly need some change.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What was their reasoning for not punishing the guy? I haven't heard about that yet. And frankly a year for rape also sounds anomalous

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Under Dutch law, pressuring a 12 year old into having sex repeatedly (3 times in 2 days) is fornication, not rape. Not making this up, that's actually their reasoning.

To be fair, of course Durch authorities did not ignore that he was in prison in the UK, so they did not say one month is enough, but 13 months.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How tf?! Thank you for the information, this is somehow even dumber than I thought

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think having a child rapist not be in the Olympics isn't draconian. The Dutch sound a little too lax with their "formication" laws

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

People seem to be more outraged that a rapist is allowed to play sportsball than rapists being allowed to become president.