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| 17-year-old sexual assault victim could face charges for tweeting names of attackers | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 23 2012, 03:35 AM (324 Views) | |
| Max | Jul 23 2012, 03:35 AM Post #1 |
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A Kentucky girl who was sexually assaulted could face contempt of court charges after she tweeted the names of her juvenile attackers. Savannah Dietrich, the 17-year-old victim, was frustrated by a plea deal reached late last month by the two boys who assaulted her, and took to Twitter to expose them--violating a court order to keep their names confidential. "There you go, lock me up," Dietrich tweeted after naming the perpetrators. "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell." Her Twitter account has since been closed. Attorneys for the attackers asked a Jefferson District Court judge to hold Dietrich in contempt for lashing out on Twitter. She could face up to 180 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted. The boys have yet to be sentenced for the August 2011 attack. "So many of my rights have been taken away by these boys," Dietrich told Louisville's Courier-Journal. "I'm at the point, that if I have to go to jail for my rights, I will do it. If they really feel it's necessary to throw me in jail for talking about what happened to me as opposed to throwing these boys in jail for what they did to me, then I don't understand justice." Dietrich was assaulted by the pair after passing out at a party. They later shared photos of the assault with friends. "For months, I cried myself to sleep," Dietrich said. "I couldn't go out in public places." On June 26, the boys pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse and misdemeanor voyeurism. Terms of their plea agreement were not released. "They got off very easy," Dietrich, who says she was unaware of the plea agreement before it was announced in court, said in her interview with the newspaper. "They said I can't talk about it or I'll be locked up," Dietrich tweeted after hearing, according to the paper. "So I'm waiting for them to read this and lock me up." "[Protecting rapists] is more important than getting justice for the victim in Louisville," she added. A hearing for the contempt of court charge is scheduled for July 30. Attorneys for Dietrich want it open to the media, while the boys lawyers want it closed. Both the Gannett-owned Courier-Journal and Dietrich's attorneys "have filed motions to open the proceedings, arguing she has a First Amendment right to speak about what happened in her case," the newspaper said. An online petition asking the judge to throw out the charges against Dietrich, launched Saturday, has already accumulated hundreds of signatures. "[She] should not be legally barred from talking about what happened to her," Gregg Leslie, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, told the Associated Press. "That's a wide-ranging restraint on speech." SOURCE:YahooNews This is disgusting. I've known so many girls and women that were victims of sexual assault, and their pain runs so deep. Now, for the legal system to worry more about protecting the criminals than the victim....it's just disgusting! |
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| newbloodmoon | Aug 4 2012, 12:16 PM Post #2 |
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I say hurrah for her, let people know who her attackers are. It's bad enough that these hooligans chose to victimize her. I don't care if they are juveniles, these "children" are old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. They should be thankful that they do not live in a country where they could be publicly beaten for their act instead of getting a slap on the wrist. |
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| LarryOldtimer | Aug 6 2012, 01:26 PM Post #3 |
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The Man!!!
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As per usual in this sick society we live in . . . punish the victim,, of course. Since her attackers were juveniles, they know full well they will never suffer any punishment. This society we live in has become totally unjust . |
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| Prison Break | Aug 7 2012, 10:15 AM Post #4 |
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I say good for her This just makes me angry With what's going on to this world, justice has no more of importance. what shame. |
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| StrmySummer | Aug 8 2012, 05:43 PM Post #5 |
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if her attackers were juveniles and she's juvenile (under 18), there shouldn't be any punishment for her naming them and ppl deserve to know that they might encounter these sickos just like the sex offender registry |
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