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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 ...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
Yes, he should absolutely be prosecuted for the rape-rape an...
stirring cowardly church
  05/14/24
fyi, the typical sentence would be way more years than he'll...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
The ideal situation would be him getting anally raped three ...
vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life
  05/14/24
what's the counter arguments here? that if someone escapes j...
Bateful Clown Useless Brakes
  05/14/24
main counterarg is that prison is not just punishment and fo...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
The best response to your counterargument is that deterrence...
ruby abusive famous landscape painting school cafeteria
  05/14/24
good poast. you could posit that rape-rapists are more deter...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
Firing squad, and I would gladly volunteer and aim for his d...
Submissive flirting shitlib locale
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vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life
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pale sanctuary
  05/14/24
is this a trick question? His MO sounds like he'd done th...
translucent diverse toaster location
  05/14/24
yes of course dumb question
Buff box office sandwich
  05/14/24
Seems like something he probably kept doing but didn't get c...
brindle thriller goal in life generalized bond
  05/14/24
perhaps, but if he was a serial rape-rapist, his DNA probabl...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
maybe the other rapes werent reported and maybe he killed hi...
translucent diverse toaster location
  05/14/24
yeah he should probably be castrated and tortured and then s...
wonderful hissy fit piazza
  05/14/24
No. Police should be prohibited from using "familial DN...
internet-worthy stimulating deer antler
  05/14/24
how reliable is it really I'm also skeptical of anything t...
Clear Provocative Gas Station Marketing Idea
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The more attenuated and complex the evidence becomes the les...
internet-worthy stimulating deer antler
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Clear Provocative Gas Station Marketing Idea
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in this case, the familial DNA led to the perp's actual DNA ...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
it's the most reliable evidence we have. more reliable than ...
Bateful Clown Useless Brakes
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Boyish Cruise Ship
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histrionic scarlet ticket booth
  05/15/24
How did they get access to the familial dna? Not like there'...
avocado public bath ceo
  05/14/24
a lot of people post their DNA on a site like Gedmatch. i th...
Boyish Cruise Ship
  05/14/24
correct. sad that the dead woman's stupid decision to volunt...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
(the rapist)
translucent diverse toaster location
  05/14/24
I largely agree with this, but parallel construction is the ...
ruby abusive famous landscape painting school cafeteria
  05/14/24
cr
Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund
  05/14/24
Cr they use parallel construction on darkweb drug cases all ...
histrionic scarlet ticket booth
  05/15/24
Ulbricht posted his personal email on a forum in the very ea...
high-end university
  05/15/24
I'm talking about how they found the ip of the silk road ser...
histrionic scarlet ticket booth
  05/15/24
...
Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund
  05/15/24
There’s plenty of stuff stopping them
contagious frisky feces prole
  05/15/24
what
Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund
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pale sanctuary
  05/14/24
I don’t trust the state. The woman’s male family...
Blathering stead
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finally a sensible moderate
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Filthy hunting ground
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vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life
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flickering cerise wrinkle roommate
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thanks Saheeb. Can the girls female relatives kill the rapis...
translucent diverse toaster location
  05/14/24
no, the male family members will intuitively know if she was...
Blathering stead
  05/15/24
Fair but not harsh.
Burgundy thirsty cuckold queen of the night
  05/15/24
"DNA matching" is such a farce. They don't matc...
razzle-dazzle patrolman old irish cottage
  05/14/24
what do you mean they don't match all 46 chromosomes. I'm a ...
Chartreuse Water Buffalo Menage
  05/14/24
They'll catch you eventually.
Crawly antidepressant drug
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hilarious whorehouse
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Your going to jail, OP
translucent diverse toaster location
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There are good reasons for statutes of limitations to exist ...
Kink-friendly halford brunch
  05/14/24
there's also good reasons they don't exist on the most heino...
disgusting shrine degenerate
  05/14/24
Her male relatives should be arrested, chattelized, and give...
contagious frisky feces prole
  05/14/24
Did she cum?
Multi-colored crystalline macaca
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I don't see the argument against this. It isn't some drunken...
Poppy soul-stirring party of the first part
  05/14/24
Absolutely 100% he should convicted and locked up forever. H...
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:07 PM
Author: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: stirring cowardly church

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life

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: Bateful Clown Useless Brakes

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: ruby abusive famous landscape painting school cafeteria

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: Submissive flirting shitlib locale

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: vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life



(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: pale sanctuary



(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: translucent diverse toaster location

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: Buff box office sandwich

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: brindle thriller goal in life generalized bond

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: translucent diverse toaster location

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 hissy fit piazza

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: internet-worthy stimulating deer antler

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: Clear Provocative Gas Station Marketing Idea

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: internet-worthy stimulating deer antler

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: Clear Provocative Gas Station Marketing Idea



(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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: Bateful Clown Useless Brakes

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: Boyish Cruise Ship



(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: histrionic scarlet ticket booth



(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: avocado public bath ceo

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: Boyish Cruise Ship

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: translucent diverse toaster location

(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: ruby abusive famous landscape painting school cafeteria

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: Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund

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: histrionic scarlet ticket booth

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: high-end university

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: histrionic scarlet ticket booth

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: Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund



(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: contagious frisky feces prole

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: Marvelous ebony meetinghouse trust fund

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: pale sanctuary



(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: Blathering stead

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: Aromatic House-broken Place Of Business Lay

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: Filthy hunting ground



(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: vigorous outnumbered toilet seat love of her life



(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: flickering cerise wrinkle roommate



(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: translucent diverse toaster location

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: Blathering stead

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: Burgundy thirsty cuckold queen of the night

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: razzle-dazzle patrolman old irish cottage

"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: Chartreuse Water Buffalo Menage

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: Crawly antidepressant drug

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: hilarious whorehouse



(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: translucent diverse toaster location

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: Kink-friendly halford brunch

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: disgusting shrine degenerate

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: contagious frisky feces prole

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: Multi-colored crystalline macaca

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: Poppy soul-stirring party of the first part

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: histrionic scarlet ticket booth

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)