1 in 5 women get raped?

Public relations exec is convicted of raping woman he met on an online dating site
December 11, 2014, 8:18 PM

On a cool fall night in 2009, a 38-year-old west suburban woman went out on a date with a public-relations executive she had recently met online..

The woman was supposed to meet up later that night with her younger sister. But after increasingly worrisome texts — including one that said "please help me" — the sister took a cab to the Lincoln Park neighborhood and with the help of staff finally located her in a hotel room, half naked and sobbing, according to testimony at a trial this week.

On Thursday, a Cook County jury took little more than 90 minutes to convict the executive, Ignacio Carrillo, who prosecutors alleged had drugged the woman before raping her.

Carrillo, 40, still faces trial for allegedly sexually assaulting another woman he met through the same dating site — Plenty of Fish — in 2011. He was charged in both alleged sexual assaults only after the second victim came forward.

Assistant State's Attorney Tom Prisco told jurors during closing arguments earlier Thursday that "under the guise of some sort of romantic evening, he would buy them drinks and then rape them."

"It's been a long five years," the victim told the Tribune after the guilty verdict was announced at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. "I'm glad that someone finally listened."

The victim had reported the 2009 assault at a Lincoln Park hotel to police, but she initially declined to move forward with the prosecution of Carrillo, according to trial testimony. However, she changed her mind when police contacted her after the second victim came forward.

According to trial testimony, Carrillo took the woman to two bars on Oct. 15, 2009, and then a hotel at 601 W. Diversey Parkway, but she remembered only bits and pieces of what happened despite drinking only a glass of wine and a single shot.

When the woman realized she was in a hotel room and tried to leave, Carrillo yanked her back inside and raped her, prosecutors said.

The sister eventually found the hotel she was staying at, grabbed her sister and ran as Carrillo lay "smirking" on the bed, according to testimony.

The victim's younger sister told the Tribune she had to scramble after getting the text that her sister needed help.

"I thank the taxicab driver, wherever he is, for getting me there," she said.

Carrillo, who faces 4 to 15 years in prison, showed no emotion but dropped his eyes when a judge ordered him taken into custody after the verdict.

His attorney, Daniel Radakovich, argued to jurors that the 2009 victim reported being raped because she was disgusted with herself after a one night stand with someone she didn't like.

Prosecutors were allowed to put on evidence at the trial about the alleged 2011 sexual assault to allow jurors to weigh Carrillo's propensity to commit the 2009 rape.

The alleged victim in that case, now 36 and a married mother of two, testified earlier this week that Carrillo ordered her a martini while she was in the bathroom at a Lincoln Park bar while they were out on a date.

She said Carrillo grew angry when she took only a sip from the drink. He poured what he said was olive juice into the drink, telling her to stir it in so she got "the roofie," slang for a date rape drug. The woman testified she thought at the time Carrillo was joking.

After going to another bar — where the woman drank only water — Carrillo raped her against the passenger side door of his Porsche convertible, prosecutors allege. He then wanted to take her to a hotel, but she insisted he drive her home.

"He said this could've been a nice evening, but I ruined it," she testified.

The next day the woman went to a hospital, reported being raped and a nurse called police.

Both women identified Carrillo through his profile on the dating site, prosecutors said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-executive-rape-trial-met-20141211-story.html

Prosecutors were allowed to put on evidence at the trial about the alleged 2011 sexual assault to allow jurors to weigh Carrillo's propensity to commit the 2009 rape.

Each of the women told authorities they’d been drinking with Morris, experienced a period of blacking out, and awakened in various states of confusion disarray.

In an added twist, Morris, who was the head of Edible Software, has twice admitted to his crimes as part of a plea agreement that would have capped his prison time at one year.

A married software executive dramatically changed his plea to guilty in a Houston court on Wednesday and admitted drugging and sexually assaulting one of his female employees.

In doing so, Henri Morris, 67, spared as many as half a dozen women having to testify that he would take them on business trips, spike their drinks, abuse them and take naked pictures of them.

Shaking as he admitted his guilt, Morris now faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine and will have to register for the rest of his life as a sex offender.

In exchange for changing his plea, prosecutors agreed to drop the other sexual abuse charges against him and thereby spare his accusers of being cross examined in the witness box.

And yet the defense is not allowed to put on witnesses that the alleged victim has a history of lying about sexual assault. The feminist/state cooperative has a fat finger on the scales of justice in order to get the outcomes that they want.

BTW, was there any evidence other than the victim story told by the alleged victim of this mans guilt?

But do I think back for a minute on these incidents as anything approaching rape? Absolutely not.

TOO BAD SUCKER! The feminist/state cooperative makes the laws, and young men are in their crosshairs. The zero tolerance barbarity keeps rolling along until and unless we launch a rebellion.

Is date-rape crusade hurting innocent young men?
By Peg Rosen
Dec. 13, 2014

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Sexual predation on campus is an issue we must deal with. The first step must be dealing with alcohol and substance abuse among young adults. A national study of undergraduates found that 55 percent of females and 75 percent of males involved in date rape had been drinking or using drugs prior to the incident. A 2002 study published in the Journal of American College Health asked 772 college undergrads if they’d ever woken up after a night of drinking and found themselves unable to remember what they’d done or where they had been. Among those who drank within the past two weeks, 1 in 10 reported having blacked out during that period. Many later learned they had “vandalized property, driven a car, had sexual intercourse, or engaged in other risky behaviors.”

This problem has probably been exacerbated by the fact that since the drinking age was raised to 21, college alcohol use has gone underground. Kids get drunk within the secretive walls of frats and private apartments, while the universities look the other way. And they look away again when traumatized victims knock on their doors complaining they’ve been attacked.

I recently shared my concerns with a friend, who is the mother of three teen sons. She responded that women have silently endured the tragic toll of date rape for so long that the pendulum may have to swing in the other direction and hurt some innocent males before we find a balance.

Maybe so. But it won’t mow down my sons as it swings in their direction. I will tell them not to let their passions dictate their actions. I’ll warn them to abstain from alcohol and drugs when mingling with girls. I’ll draw up contracts they can ask potential partners to sign before they engage in sex. Maybe I’ll even ask them to have a witness present. Come to think of it, does anyone know where I can buy a male chastity belt? It just may be the next rage on campus.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/13/is-date-rape-crusade-hurting-innocent-young-men/2/?#article-copy

nononono also omitted the second page of the article--here it is...

Since Kerry Devine, 32, and her friends began having children, she has noticed a stark difference between her female friends in Auburn, Wash., where she lives, and those in England and Cyprus, where she grew up. In the United States, they almost all stopped working outside the home, at least until their children were in school. Yet, she says, she can’t think of a friend in Europe who left work after her children were bor

Ms. Devine quit her job after she had her first child, a girl, four years ago, because she thought 12 weeks of maternity leave was too short. “I just didn’t want to leave her in day care or pay for the expenses of it,” she said. When she gave birth to twin boys this year, a return to work — she had been a property manager for apartment buildings — looked even less plausible.

“I would have been O.K. putting a 1-year-old baby in day care, but not a 12-week-old,” Ms. Devine said. “More flexible hours and being able to work from home part of the time definitely would have made a big difference.”

Her thinking is shared by many American women — and plays a role in a significant economic reversal. As recently as 1990, the United States had one of the top employment rates in the world for women, but it has now fallen behind many European countries. After climbing for six decades, the percentage of women in the American work force peaked in 1999, at 74 percent for women between 25 and 54. It has fallen since, to 69 percent today

I can't speak to that, you need to check with your mother regarding the accident of your birth.

glitterbag wrote:

I can't speak to that, you need to check with your mother regarding the accident of your birth.

Rather gruesome image of what fucked what to come up with such a uniquely useless sack of crap.

Improving the Criminal System’s Response Would Cut Campus Rapes
by Deborah Tuerkheimer

Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor of law at Northwestern University, is a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan who has written widely on rape and domestic violence.

December 12, 2014

Colleges can certainly improve their response to sexual assault, particularly when it comes to prevention. But the proper forum for resolving rape cases, on and off campus, is a retrofitted criminal justice system.

Despite the fact that 80 percent of college rapes go unreported, a functioning criminal justice system can best provide justice for accusers and accused alike. Unlike college administrators, the police and prosecutors are trained to investigate and prove allegations of criminal activity. And unlike in the college setting, criminal defendants are entitled to a wide array of constitutional protections at both the investigative phase and at trial. Rather than abandon criminal justice altogether, we should correct the dismissive stance that victims often confront when they turn to the system.

The first thing to change is rape laws themselves. Despite the fact that a generation of adults has come of age hearing that “no means no,” in a majority of states, rape is still defined as requiring physical force. In a recent paper, I described cases involving sex without consent — cases not considered rape in states where force is included in the legal definition. Until that archaic requirement is abolished everywhere, victims of acquaintance rape might well be reluctant to involve the police, and many campus violations will lie beyond the law’s reach.

But, to matter, laws must be enforced. Here, the Department of Justice is beginning to play a role. After documenting bias in the handling of cases in Missoula County, Mont., the Justice Department entered into agreements with the police department and with the county attorney’s office to ensure a more aggressive response to sexual assault complaints.

Following the International Association of Chiefs of Police model policy, local police officers are now trained to assist and appropriately interview trauma victims, properly collect evidence, contact and interview suspects, assist medical forensic examinations and work with victim advocates. Prosecutors are trained in best practices for plea agreements, charging decisions and communicating with victim advocates and the victim, along with how to best make their case when the defendant is not a stranger and consent is a defense.

In November, law enforcement officials announced that victims in Missoula had become more willing to cooperate with the police, and that the prosecution of rape cases increased 11 percent over the previous year.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/12/justice-and-fairness-in-campus-rape-cases/improving-the-criminal-systems-response-would-cut-campus-rapes