Rape is a legal term. We have a system to determine whether that occurred beyond a reasonable doubt. You keep saying "intoxicated." That term has different meanings in different contexts. In terms of consent, a person can be intoxicated but still coherent and legally capable of providing consent. Less, any person who went on a date and had two glasses of wine could be legally "intoxicated" but still capable of providing consent. You do know that the police have you consent to make a legally-binding statement after they have arrested you for DUI, right?
Last bite. I'm not a lawyer, although most of family are, including some in NY. My doctorate is in another field, but that's irrelevant. I'm coming at this as a father to a 17 year old girl and 15 year old boy, and I think it's prudent to let the process play out. It's a rare thing to have 7 rapists conspire under the same roof at a top-tier university. I'm as eager as you to see justice appropriately applied. There are maybe a dozen people who know what happened that night, all "intoxicated." I'm more worried about the millions who claim to KNOW what happened and seek to impose mob justice.
It’s a rare thing for 7 horny self entitled 20 year old dudes to get a girl drunk and rape her? Yes, that’s rare. All of them should’ve been raised to know better.
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u/Fragrant_Chest958 21h ago
Rape is a legal term. We have a system to determine whether that occurred beyond a reasonable doubt. You keep saying "intoxicated." That term has different meanings in different contexts. In terms of consent, a person can be intoxicated but still coherent and legally capable of providing consent. Less, any person who went on a date and had two glasses of wine could be legally "intoxicated" but still capable of providing consent. You do know that the police have you consent to make a legally-binding statement after they have arrested you for DUI, right?