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Former Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boy (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I bet the sentence would not be 90 days if the genders were swapped.

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[–] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Sentences for male rapists don’t tend to be very long either.

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

This web stie says the average sentence for statutory rape is 42 months, so still seems a little low. Now, I understand how statistics and averages work, so I can't say how this compares to the median, but my guess is, not favorably.

Edit: spelling

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[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The numbers are slightly skewed because one of them is currently serving a presidential term.

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