Rape should be a capital offence - period.
In Australia, there has been a disturbing trend towards ignoring the plight of crime victims by the overall juducial system. Call me barbaric, but I strongly believe that part of sentencing must be sending a message to the offender (and the community at large) that whatever offence is not tolerable and society will go to whatever lengths to protect the rights of its citizens. If that means handing out very lengthy jail terms or executing offenders, so be it.
Rob
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I am highly in tune with my perceptions. It's reality that I haven't got a clue about.