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Topic History of: Not looking good for Langham
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zooloo |
Foz wrote:
It is always a bit predictable when the accused with their back against the wall, plays the 'I was abused as a child' card in order to get sympathy from the jury. We all know how victims come out with accusations many years after the event in order to get fame, money etc. It can happen both ways in order to sway a result.
We find that with some people with addictions that they tend to blame everyone else except themselves.
Perhaps a part of a defence could be "I was abused, I know how unpleasant it is, I would not do that to another person."
We have an inherent problem with this sort of case, many people have worked themselves into a state of rabid hysteria regarding such cases. The witch-hunt mentality obscures reason and justice.
Criminals should certainly be brought to book but a witch-hunting mob mentality cannot be good. |
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Mart |
Another reason why this is going to be such a difficult case Foz.
To some people, Mr Langham`s comments will seem to suggest the question, of, why it has taken him this long to say he was abused?
It is of course obvious why he has chosen now to talk about this subject.
The whole case feels like a very grey, greasy area.
I also think , whilst we think about "innocent until proven guilty"(whatever that means these days), is the accuser "guilty until proven correct?" (ditto brackets)
There will be no victor, whatever the outcome. |
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Foz |
It is always a bit predictable when the accused with their back against the wall, plays the 'I was abused as a child' card in order to get sympathy from the jury. We all know how victims come out with accusations many years after the event in order to get fame, money etc. It can happen both ways in order to sway a result.
We find that with some people with addictions that they tend to blame everyone else except themselves. |
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Mart |
I hear where you`re coming from Al, but to balance conditioning as you say of abusers becoming abusers, this seriously needs to be considered against the fear installed IN the abused themselves that THEY themselves may become abusers.
Therefore,whatever "justice" is dealt out, he may well have been better off saying nothing, but braver to speak out. |
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Al |
Maybe he'd have been better off not saying anything about his childhood and his emotional downs. Society has been so conditioned to believe that the abused become abusers that some jury members might think it increases the likelihood of his guilt. Juries can also be overwhelmed by the number of charges. So, I'm not so sure that he's going to win this one .. even if he's innocent. |
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