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Originally posted by James
And as far as his positive attitude, what else can he really say on TV like that? Foam at the mouth?
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There are plenty of people who do react that way on camera and in print. That's the kind of reaction reporters love. Even the link you yourself posted gives first-person anectodes of the man as a very kind person so I'd like to give him the benefit of a doubt.
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But, her eyewitness testimony, her picking him out of the line-up and saying that is the man that raped me, went an awful long way towards seeing him behind bars.
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Perhaps it was an [honest] mistake. When you're in a situation like that and it's dark and you force your mind to be somewhere completely separate from where your body is, it's understandable that mistakes get made. Some victims remember every little detail, burned crystalline into their minds, about their attacker. Others make it fuzzy and push it to the back of their memories, hoping to never think about it again. It's different for everyone.
There is also the issue of dishonest witnesses and lawyers which was discussed in the link aurora_borealis posted. Who knows what really happened during trials? None of us.
I think it's horrible what happened to him and that he does deserve some sort of compensation from the state but comments like that against the rape victim (serious or not) are not really needed.