I respect Judges like Paul Lo since I know him personally but this Judge's wrong

[theking]

Family background, status, race, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation, etc., shouldn't matter in cases like this... What an idiotic judgment IMO...:

Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He’s From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says

The family court judge also said the victim should have been told that pressing charges would destroy the accused’s life.

July 2, 2019

The 16-year-old girl was visibly intoxicated, her speech slurred, when a drunk 16-year-old boy sexually assaulted her in a dark basement during an alcohol-fueled pajama party in New Jersey, prosecutors said.

The boy filmed himself penetrating her from behind, her torso exposed, her head hanging down, prosecutors said. He later shared the cellphone video among friends, investigators said, and sent a text that said, “When your first time having sex was rape.”

But a family court judge said it wasn’t rape. Instead, he wondered aloud if it was sexual assault, defining rape as something reserved for an attack at gunpoint by strangers.

He also said the young man came from a good family, attended an excellent school, had terrific grades and was an Eagle scout. Prosecutors, the judge said, should have explained to the girl and her family that pressing charges would destroy the boy’s life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/nyregion/judge-james-troiano-rape.html

[YAX]

old news. Already expressed my outrage about it weeks ago.

[theking]

Never claimed it be new news...

[Reporter]

Judges aren't the most educated people in the profession. But they are given the power to end any conflict in their courts.

That's why lawyers have to educate judges about facts and laws of every case in the most correct way possible.

[theking]

YES!  :

Judge Who Said Rape Suspect Came From ‘Good Family’ Resigns

A New Jersey judge who refused to try a 16-year-old accused rapist as an adult because he came from a “good family” resigned on Wednesday, The New York Times reports. Monmouth County Judge James Troiano made the remarks in 2018, but they became public earlier this month, sparking a furor. Troiano, who retired in 2012 but continued to hear cases part-time, will still receive his $123,750 pension. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is taking action against another jurist, John Russo, who denied a restraining order to woman and asked her if she tried to close her legs during a sexual assault.