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Crim bro here. Curious for xo's thoughts on this cold case Rape

This was back in the mid-90s. Then-18yo girl was at a diner ...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
Yes, he should absolutely be prosecuted for the rape-rape an...
mind-boggling wild whorehouse
  05/14/24
fyi, the typical sentence would be way more years than he'll...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
The ideal situation would be him getting anally raped three ...
Abusive french chef hunting ground
  05/14/24
what's the counter arguments here? that if someone escapes j...
self-absorbed peach house potus
  05/14/24
main counterarg is that prison is not just punishment and fo...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
The best response to your counterargument is that deterrence...
aquamarine metal national security agency
  05/14/24
good poast. you could posit that rape-rapists are more deter...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
Firing squad, and I would gladly volunteer and aim for his d...
jet alcoholic den
  05/14/24
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Abusive french chef hunting ground
  05/14/24
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Flatulent titillating trump supporter
  05/14/24
is this a trick question? His MO sounds like he'd done th...
hyperactive heaven
  05/14/24
yes of course dumb question
beady-eyed internal respiration therapy
  05/14/24
Seems like something he probably kept doing but didn't get c...
Passionate school antidepressant drug
  05/14/24
perhaps, but if he was a serial rape-rapist, his DNA probabl...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
maybe the other rapes werent reported and maybe he killed hi...
hyperactive heaven
  05/14/24
yeah he should probably be castrated and tortured and then s...
wonderful scourge upon the earth
  05/14/24
No. Police should be prohibited from using "familial DN...
Smoky Incel Background Story
  05/14/24
how reliable is it really I'm also skeptical of anything t...
Opaque Lascivious Kitty Cat Pozpig
  05/14/24
The more attenuated and complex the evidence becomes the les...
Smoky Incel Background Story
  05/14/24
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Opaque Lascivious Kitty Cat Pozpig
  05/14/24
in this case, the familial DNA led to the perp's actual DNA ...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
it's the most reliable evidence we have. more reliable than ...
self-absorbed peach house potus
  05/14/24
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Azure black woman stain
  05/14/24
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Amethyst university idea he suggested
  05/15/24
How did they get access to the familial dna? Not like there'...
crimson school cafeteria philosopher-king
  05/14/24
a lot of people post their DNA on a site like Gedmatch. i th...
Azure black woman stain
  05/14/24
correct. sad that the dead woman's stupid decision to volunt...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
(the rapist)
hyperactive heaven
  05/14/24
I largely agree with this, but parallel construction is the ...
aquamarine metal national security agency
  05/14/24
cr
Plum Disgusting Telephone
  05/14/24
Cr they use parallel construction on darkweb drug cases all ...
Amethyst university idea he suggested
  05/15/24
Ulbricht posted his personal email on a forum in the very ea...
Tan startled foreskin
  05/15/24
I'm talking about how they found the ip of the silk road ser...
Amethyst university idea he suggested
  05/15/24
...
Plum Disgusting Telephone
  05/15/24
There’s plenty of stuff stopping them
Jet-lagged half-breed resort
  05/15/24
what
Plum Disgusting Telephone
  05/15/24
...
Flatulent titillating trump supporter
  05/14/24
I don’t trust the state. The woman’s male family...
Vengeful Thriller Reading Party
  05/14/24
finally a sensible moderate
grizzly site death wish
  05/14/24
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kink-friendly nursing home idiot
  05/14/24
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Abusive french chef hunting ground
  05/14/24
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big crackhouse hominid
  05/14/24
thanks Saheeb. Can the girls female relatives kill the rapis...
hyperactive heaven
  05/14/24
no, the male family members will intuitively know if she was...
Vengeful Thriller Reading Party
  05/15/24
Fair but not harsh.
Razzle learning disabled dilemma
  05/15/24
"DNA matching" is such a farce. They don't matc...
Multi-colored carnelian space
  05/14/24
what do you mean they don't match all 46 chromosomes. I'm a ...
maize stirring stead cuck
  05/14/24
They'll catch you eventually.
Cream step-uncle's house
  05/14/24
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Pungent love of her life
  05/14/24
Your going to jail, OP
hyperactive heaven
  05/14/24
There are good reasons for statutes of limitations to exist ...
Swollen Famous Landscape Painting
  05/14/24
there's also good reasons they don't exist on the most heino...
onyx haunting shitlib
  05/14/24
Her male relatives should be arrested, chattelized, and give...
Jet-lagged half-breed resort
  05/14/24
Did she cum?
Vigorous ceo generalized bond
  05/14/24
I don't see the argument against this. It isn't some drunken...
Overrated depressive market
  05/14/24
Absolutely 100% he should convicted and locked up forever. H...
Amethyst university idea he suggested
  05/15/24


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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:07 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

This was back in the mid-90s. Then-18yo girl was at a diner using a payphone at midnight, and a man in a van says he's lost and needs directions to a local business. girl agrees to drive him to the business in separate cars with the man following behind. they're driving there, and man pulls over on the road. she gets out of car to see what's going on and approaches his van. the man pulls her into the van, ties her up, and rapes and sodomizes her.

she reports the rape and swabs are collected. police can't ID the perp, and case goes cold.

many many years later, police start using familial dna to try to crack cold cases. police discover a match between the dna from rape kit and a dead woman whose dna is in a public dna database.

police look into the woman's relatives for potential suspects in the rape, and suspect that the dead woman's son is the perp. police then go to the son's house, find a soda can from his trash can, and test if for DNA. DNA matches the rape kit.

police then arrest and charge the perp. he was in his 40's at the time and is now in his 60's. man had somewhat of a record in his youth, but has led a relatively crime-free life since the rape.

my question for xo: should he be convicted of the rape? should he be locked up for life?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661315)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:09 PM
Author: mind-boggling wild whorehouse

Yes, he should absolutely be prosecuted for the rape-rape and if convicted locked up for whatever the appropriate sentence is.

You don't get a pass just because DNA technology sucked in the 90's and police weren't as good at investigating sexual assaults as they are today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661324)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:14 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

fyi, the typical sentence would be way more years than he'll possibly live. you're okay with him never living a day of freedom again?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661335)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:17 PM
Author: Abusive french chef hunting ground

The ideal situation would be him getting anally raped three times and then executed imo. Life imprisonment isn't great but what are you gonna do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661343)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:55 PM
Author: self-absorbed peach house potus

what's the counter arguments here? that if someone escapes justice for long enough and doesn't get caught commiting more crimes they get a pass?

the fact he escaped justice for this long it's points against him, not for. he should have been in jail during the prime of us life.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661798)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 7:16 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

main counterarg is that prison is not just punishment and for rehabilitation and protecting the public from dangerous criminals, and if you make him serve say 10-15 years (hardly a light punishment), he's not going to be rape-raping girls in his 80s. not saying i buy that counterarg, but that's the coutnerarg i see.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661854)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:22 PM
Author: aquamarine metal national security agency

The best response to your counterargument is that deterrence is also a purpose of a prison sentence, in addition to its retributive, rehabilitative, and incapacitative purposes. In a case of rape-rape, the retributive & deterrent effects of a lengthy prison sentence vastly outweigh the rehabilitative & incapacitative effects for a person in his 60s. Weighing those factors comes down to the victim impact statement and facts of the case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662006)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 11:45 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

good poast. you could posit that rape-rapists are more deterred by the possibility of lengthy prison sentences than similarly heinous criminals. child molesters perhaps aren't so deterred since they're wired wrong. murderers are impulsive gangbangers and thugs for the most part and perhaps aren't deterred.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662475)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 10:00 PM
Author: jet alcoholic den

Firing squad, and I would gladly volunteer and aim for his dick.

Edit: "rehabilitation" is shitlib flame, main goals are retribution and deterrence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662258)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:17 PM
Author: Abusive french chef hunting ground



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661342)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 9:56 PM
Author: Flatulent titillating trump supporter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662248)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:21 PM
Author: hyperactive heaven

is this a trick question?

His MO sounds like he'd done this before, maybe even killed someone, he had it all planned out, had rape kit in car. do the crime, do the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662002)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:13 PM
Author: beady-eyed internal respiration therapy

yes of course dumb question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661334)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:24 PM
Author: Passionate school antidepressant drug

Seems like something he probably kept doing but didn't get caught, so law abiding life for 20 years is probably ntcr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661357)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:29 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

perhaps, but if he was a serial rape-rapist, his DNA probably would have come up in more another case, which it didnt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661375)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:24 PM
Author: hyperactive heaven

maybe the other rapes werent reported and maybe he killed his victims and buried them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662014)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:34 PM
Author: wonderful scourge upon the earth

yeah he should probably be castrated and tortured and then sentenced to life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661391)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:38 PM
Author: Smoky Incel Background Story

No. Police should be prohibited from using "familial DNA" to track down and charge suspects decades later, and their ability to offer DNA evidence generally should be restricted to extremely narrow circumstances.

It should be a felony for any individual or corporation to maintain a "public DNA database" that includes U.S. citizens in its dataset.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661401)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:39 PM
Author: Opaque Lascivious Kitty Cat Pozpig

how reliable is it really

I'm also skeptical of anything that lets police arrest you decades later w no other evidence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661406)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:55 PM
Author: Smoky Incel Background Story

The more attenuated and complex the evidence becomes the less likely it is that a jury will fundamentally understand it too. It turns the whole concept of a trial into a farce when the police have a magical Deus ex machina that automatically identifies and locates the "rapist" 30 years later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661459)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:16 PM
Author: Opaque Lascivious Kitty Cat Pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661989)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 5:24 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

in this case, the familial DNA led to the perp's actual DNA on the soda can. the perp isn't being tried on the basis of familial DNA, but his actual DNA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661542)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:57 PM
Author: self-absorbed peach house potus

it's the most reliable evidence we have. more reliable than multiple eyeball witnesses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661803)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:15 PM
Author: Azure black woman stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661988)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 11:02 AM
Author: Amethyst university idea he suggested



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663171)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:19 PM
Author: crimson school cafeteria philosopher-king

How did they get access to the familial dna? Not like there's probable cause.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661999)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:26 PM
Author: Azure black woman stain

a lot of people post their DNA on a site like Gedmatch. i think Gedmatch now prohibits cops from looking at DNA unless the DNA donor opts in. anyway, the cops upload a DNA result from the perp to a site like Gedmatch and, for example, may see a significant match with some woman who is probably a first cousin once removed or a second cousin of the perp.

if the cops can ID the woman they then build out her family tree of all her close relatives. they start eliminating men who were too old or too young to be the perp or who lived far away from the crime.

at that point they may have 1 or 3 or 10 good prospects. cops stake out the trash of the suspect men and look for soda cans or other trash that may have saliva. they test that DNA against the perp's. they may have a perfect match in which case they found the perp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662022)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 11:49 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

correct. sad that the dead woman's stupid decision to voluntarily make her dna a matter of public record results in her son spending the rest of his life in prison. darwinism for you...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662486)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:25 PM
Author: hyperactive heaven

(the rapist)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662015)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:25 PM
Author: aquamarine metal national security agency

I largely agree with this, but parallel construction is the real problem. Nothing's stopping the NSA from "finding" familial matches on cold-case DNA profiles and calling in an "anonymous tip" to the FBI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662016)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:32 PM
Author: Plum Disgusting Telephone

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662039)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 11:07 AM
Author: Amethyst university idea he suggested

Cr they use parallel construction on darkweb drug cases all the time, which is gay as fuck. They used it on Ross Ulbricht's case and barely tried to hide it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663194)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 11:17 AM
Author: Tan startled foreskin

Ulbricht posted his personal email on a forum in the very early days when he was trying to recruit coders

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663226)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 12:13 PM
Author: Amethyst university idea he suggested

I'm talking about how they found the ip of the silk road servers. The official explanation is officially bullshit

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/10/silk-road-lawyers-poke-holes-in-fbis-story/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663509)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 12:22 PM
Author: Plum Disgusting Telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663544)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 11:08 AM
Author: Jet-lagged half-breed resort

There’s plenty of stuff stopping them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663196)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 12:21 PM
Author: Plum Disgusting Telephone

what

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663542)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 9:56 PM
Author: Flatulent titillating trump supporter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662251)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:54 PM
Author: Vengeful Thriller Reading Party

I don’t trust the state. The woman’s male family member best able to should be allowed to kill the rapist. If no one chooses to, then nothing should happen

Prisons are abhorrent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661454)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:34 PM
Author: grizzly site death wish

finally a sensible moderate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661728)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:37 PM
Author: kink-friendly nursing home idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661743)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:08 PM
Author: Abusive french chef hunting ground



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661976)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:00 PM
Author: big crackhouse hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661960)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:28 PM
Author: hyperactive heaven

thanks Saheeb. Can the girls female relatives kill the rapist if no males relatives are up for it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662026)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 9:28 AM
Author: Vengeful Thriller Reading Party

no, the male family members will intuitively know if she was a real victim or she really honestly had it coming.

if her brothers, husband, dad, etc. won't do the killing, that's your verdict right there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662919)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 12:00 AM
Author: Razzle learning disabled dilemma

Fair but not harsh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662507)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:34 PM
Author: Multi-colored carnelian space

"DNA matching" is such a farce.

They don't match THE ENTIRE 46 chromosomes

alarm bells from the bar are going off about the 4th amendment, though I'm not a litigator

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661725)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:14 PM
Author: maize stirring stead cuck

what do you mean they don't match all 46 chromosomes. I'm a litigator, but not a criminal one.

They don't match them all for family DNA matches, but the story said they got a full hit on the perp's DNA versus the rape kit.

He should get 15-20 years unless there's a reason to doubt that this was rape rape. But given the story and that she had a rape kit processed and had no idea who the dude was before, that seems unlikely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661982)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:16 PM
Author: Cream step-uncle's house

They'll catch you eventually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47661991)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 10:43 PM
Author: Pungent love of her life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662355)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:29 PM
Author: hyperactive heaven

Your going to jail, OP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662030)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 8:34 PM
Author: Swollen Famous Landscape Painting

There are good reasons for statutes of limitations to exist in general. Plenty of scholarship on the topic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662045)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 11:51 PM
Author: onyx haunting shitlib

there's also good reasons they don't exist on the most heinous crimes like rape-rape and murder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662493)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 10:26 PM
Author: Jet-lagged half-breed resort

Her male relatives should be arrested, chattelized, and given to the rapist as concubines for the crime of failing to protect their daughter/sister and allowing her to leave the house alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662322)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 10:28 PM
Author: Vigorous ceo generalized bond

Did she cum?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662329)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 10:57 PM
Author: Overrated depressive market

I don't see the argument against this. It isn't some drunken mistake or youthful stupidity.

Other than cannabalism this sounds like about as far into psychopathic behavior as you can get....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47662389)



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Date: May 15th, 2024 11:00 AM
Author: Amethyst university idea he suggested

Absolutely 100% he should convicted and locked up forever. Honestly I'd prefer we just put a bullet in him though. Idgaf what kind of life he's lived in the intervening years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528502&forum_id=2#47663167)