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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sriram on July 12, 2023, 04:45:27 PM

Title: 10 seconds of groping
Post by: Sriram on July 12, 2023, 04:45:27 PM

Hi everyone,

10 seconds of groping is ok...according to a Italian judge...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66174352


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Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media, after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager, because it did not last long enough.

The case involves a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school.

A Rome public prosecutor asked for a three-and-a-half year prison sentence but this week the caretaker was acquitted of sexual assault charges. According to the judges, what happened "does not constitute a crime" because it lasted less than 10 seconds.

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Any views?

Cheers.

Sriram

Title: Re: 10 seconds of groping
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 12, 2023, 05:12:25 PM

Quote from: Sriram on July 12, 2023, 04:45:27 PM

Hi everyone,

10 seconds of groping is ok...according to a Italian judge...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66174352


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Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media, after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager, because it did not last long enough.

The case involves a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school.

A Rome public prosecutor asked for a three-and-a-half year prison sentence but this week the caretaker was acquitted of sexual assault charges. According to the judges, what happened "does not constitute a crime" because it lasted less than 10 seconds.

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Any views?

Cheers.

Sriram

How many seconds of rape makes it rape?

Title: Re: 10 seconds of groping
Post by: jeremyp on July 13, 2023, 10:31:59 AM

Quote from: Sriram on July 12, 2023, 04:45:27 PM

Hi everyone,

10 seconds of groping is ok...according to a Italian judge...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66174352


***************

Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media, after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager, because it did not last long enough.

The case involves a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school.

A Rome public prosecutor asked for a three-and-a-half year prison sentence but this week the caretaker was acquitted of sexual assault charges. According to the judges, what happened "does not constitute a crime" because it lasted less than 10 seconds.

***************

Any views?

Cheers.

Sriram

If that is Italian law (I don’t think it is), the law is an ass.

Title: Re: 10 seconds of groping
Post by: Steve H on July 14, 2023, 02:08:57 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 12, 2023, 05:12:25 PM

How many seconds of rape makes it rape?

Groping, though seriously wrong, is not rape.