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Danny Masterson 30 year sentence for rape

  • 15-09-2023 12:45pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭


    Actor Danny Masterson (Hyde from That 70s Show) has been found guilty of raping 2 women circa 2003, and been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.

    Seems a very long stretch, the typical murder sentence in USA is about 25 years. Anyone following the case have any insights on how he received such a heavy sentence despite what appears to be rather flimsy evidence against him?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭Grey Fox


    Looks like Russell Brand is next on the chopping block. When is this #metoo madness going to end?!



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,549 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Are you seriously saying that justice for rape victims is "#metoo madness"?

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,737 ✭✭✭Tombo2001


    Flimsy evidence?

    He was found guilty - where does flimsy evidence come into it? Who are you decide if evidence is flimsy or not? You didnt sit in the courtroom.

    There are times to feel sorry for people, that they've hard a hard deal dealt to them.

    This is not one of those times, not by a long shot.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,734 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    It's two 15 year sentences running consecutively rather than one 30 year sentence. And the evidence wasn't flimsy, there were a lot of notes and records of accounts taken during internal Scientology reviews & interviews which formed a big part of the evidence. He was found guilty on two counts due to the amount of evidence.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭Grey Fox


    30 years is serial killer territory. He hasnt committed any crimes in the 20 years since. Ashton and Mila seem to think he's a good guy. All things considered the sentence seems disproportionate, and perhaps reflective of a society where Leonardo di Caprio is getting called a predator for having a consensual relationship with a 19 year old.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Serial killers in the US aren't getting 30 years.

    For example, Wheeler-Weaver in New Jersey got 160 years for 3 murders.

    Masterson was proven guilty by evidence beyond reasonable doubt. 15 years for each rape is fair justice.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,396 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    If anything rape is probably bloody worse than murder, the victims have to live with that kind of trauma for the rest of their lives.

    Glad he was locked up, they should throw away the key.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,549 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    No problem with him getting 30 years. If he can't do the time, don't do the crime. Simple as.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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