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[entremet]

A California man who pleaded guilty raping his intoxicated 16-year-old sister will spend less than four months in jail after a judge sentenced him to probation.

Nolan Bruder, 20 of Crescent City, pleaded guilty to rape of an intoxicated person on May 17. As part of the plea agreement, charges of unlawful intercourse, incest and providing a minor with drugs were dropped. The recommended sentence was six years in prison and no probation, Del Norte (California) District Attorney Dale Trigg said.

Instead, Judge William H. Follett sentenced Bruder to three years, but granted probation. He will serve 240 days, at half time, in the county jail, according to Trigg’s post on Facebook.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/national/article152250822.html#storylink=cpy

What in the world?!

Comment removed since ppl are misunderstanding.

 

[Volimar]

Christ, I need that lawyer if I ever get in trouble. What's the plea deal for murder, a hand job?

 

[strafer]

Raping your own sister...fuck is wrong with this guy.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Fucked up. IBTL.

 

[Chuckie]

Maybe it wasn't rape-rape

Spoiler

/s

 

[Kyzer]

Poor guy is probably mentally ill

Spoiler

hes white right? Joke only works if hes white

 

[Derwind]

Wait What?

He is off in less than a year?

Is he in a football program?

 

[FortuneFaded]

Guess the race?

 

[Despera]

Important bits left out by OP

Trigg said the parents “lined up behind the son,” writing letters of support to the court and claiming that their daughter was complicit. The girl never said that to law enforcement or in court, Trigg said.

The judge said in court that the victim took off her own clothes and was not unconscious. Follett also questioned whether a a jury would convict Bruder, despite his confession. Follett said the stigma of the conviction and mandatory sex offender registration were sufficient deterrents, according to Trigg.

 

[Tagyhag]

Trigg said the parents “lined up behind the son,” writing letters of support to the court and claiming that their daughter was complicit.

Jesus Christ.

Also, could the weed itself have been strong enough that she really wouldn't have recognized him? Sounds like it was laced with something else to be that powerful.

 

[Derwind]

Important bits left out by OP

Fuck both the judge & the parents. Utter fucking trash.

 

[entremet]

Important bits left out by OP

Of course the parents would defend their son.

Moreover, minors cannot consent.

Edit: read you wrong. You were not trying to rebut me. My apologies.

 

[daegan]

The parents are mad scumbags. Wow.

 

[Kyzer]

Jesus Christ.

Also, could the weed itself have been strong enough that she really wouldn't have recognized him? Sounds like it was laced with something else to be that powerful.

Weed is pretty powerful unless you smoke it regularly, and even then sometimes

 

[LiK]

Holy shit, wtf. I feel so bad for the girl.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Everything about this is just WTF

 

[Preezy]

No pics? Boooo

Spoiler

joke

 

[TropicalFish]

What the fuck?

 

[LAM09]

Everything about this is messed up

 

[Boss Mog]

Guess the race?

What a sad and pathetic comment

 

[DrkSage]

Fucking disgusting! And the parents rooted for their son? Fuck that! If i had a son and he raped and drugged my daughter he would be dead to me

 

[sturgboski]

Get that sister out of there. I can't believe this bullshit worked. "His sister came on to him while she was intoxicated, clearly he couldn't do anything." God fuck this judge and fuck those parents. The guy should live with the stigma that he wrought himself. This fucking country.

 

[entremet]

What a sad and pathetic comment

I mean, highlighting systemic racial preferencial treatment in the justice system is pathetic?

The reverse is said when POC get harsh sentences.

"Guy gets 20 years for drugs.

Guess the race?"

 

[Breads]

What a sad and pathetic comment

Got a problem with systemic issues that lead to the reality of privilege?

Or is your problem that it is being brought up at all.

 

[Slayven]

What a sad and pathetic comment

But not wrong, just lacking the male privilege part.

 

[FiveSix4Three]

Guess the race?

Is this really needed? Honestly.

 

[LiK]

Ok, just read that he has to register as a sex offender.

 

[SoundLad]

Absolutely disgusting, that dude should be serving time for the next decade goddamn.

Also, "Guess the race?" What the hell man

 

[entremet]

Is this really needed? Honestly.

Does it make you uncomfortable?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Is this really needed? Honestly.

Yeah, it is.

 

[Boss Mog]

My bad I thought that comment was about him raping his sister, not about him getting off easy for it.

 

[MoxManiac]

He should really be on the sex offender's list for that crime. What a piece of shit.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Takes a special kind of fuck up to rape a family member. Takes an even more special kind of cunt to come to the rapists defence.

Got a problem with systemic issues that lead to the reality of white privilege?

Or is your problem that it is being brought up at all.

Careful, contortionists everywhere are readying their pedantic arguments about how you can't say with 100 per cent certainty that he got off lightly because he's white.

 

[FiveSix4Three]

Yeah, it is.

I don't think it is. There are shit people of every race.

 

[Caelus]

What a sad and pathetic comment

White fragility on display.

I don't think it is. There are shit people of every race.

Sure. Not really relevant to the matter of racial inequalities in the CJS.

 

[entremet]

I don't think it is. There are shit people of every race.

It's not about his lack of morality. It's about the leniency he received.

Why did he receive it?

Jesus, guys.

 

[sturgboski]

Ok, just read that he has to register as a sex offender.

And 6 months probation for giving his sister enough "dabs" that she wouldn't recognize him so he could have sex with her. This of course because she kept rejecting his advances UNTIL she couldn't recognize his face.

Apparently the judge did something similar with a high school coach who repeatedly has sexual interactions with minors but got a lax punishment.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Weird case, if the parents supported the son and the daughter is a minor I can see why the judge would go easy on him.

 

[FreezeSSC]

Got a problem with systemic issues that lead to the reality of privilege?

Or is your problem that it is being brought up at all.

Idk I'd say in this case it seems its because the parents and daughter have come out in support of him. He still has to register as a sex offender.

 

[ieptbarakat]

Guess the race?

 

[Kinsei]

I don't think it is. There are shit people of every race.

It's referring to him getting off easy for it.

 

[Tagyhag]

Weed is pretty powerful unless you smoke it regularly, and even then sometimes

Right but to the point that you believe your brother is a different person altogether and it's ok to have sex with him?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Idk I'd say in this case it seems its because the parents and daughter have come out in support of him. He still has to register as a sex offender.

Where does it say the rape victim supported him?

 

[ColdPizza]

White fragility on display.

Is there a buzzword for every emotion on this board? Jesus.

 

[DarthMasta]

California? My time watching standup on the Youtubes made me think this story should come from some other state...

 

[Chuckie]

Weird case, if the parents supported the son and the daughter is a minor I can see why the judge would go easy on him.

Really?

I mean I 'understand' the judge would go easier on him because of the parents support.... but I would think the judge would actually be harder on him because the daughter was a minor. It was already non-consential because of the drugs, but a minor cannot even give consent at all. Why go easier on someone who rapes a minor instead of an adult?

 

[John Kowalski]

Consider that it's still more likely a rapist spends 0 time on jail than not.

 

[Maligna]

It's not about his lack of morality. It's about the leniency he received.

Why did he receive it?

Jesus, guys.

Whiffing right over a lot of people's heads for some reason.

 

[entremet]

Whiffing right over a lot of people's heads for some reason.

Removed it since ppl don't get it.

Still preserved in quotes so whatever.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Really?

I mean I 'understand' the judge would go easier on him because of the parents support.... but I would think the judge would actually be harder on him because the daughter was a minor. It was already non-consential because of the drugs, but a minor cannot even give consent at all. Why go easier on someone who rapes a minor instead of an adult?

The minor point was in reference to her parents being responsible for her. If they aren't supporting your case who is?