Is the US court system REALLY this F'ed up?

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@th1337

Eric Frimpong a student in Santa Barbara who had just been drafted into the MLS was convicted of rape, when every bit ov evidence points to another man. The victem's blood alchol level was nearly lethal at the time so how is she gonna give a reliable statment. bite marks on here dont fit Eric's at all. And to top it all off, Eric is a black immigrant here to play soccer, while the whole jury was white and so was the judge. REALLY?!?! are we that stupid and racist that we cant see that he is 100% NOT GUILTY?!?! link to the story here

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4300383

Jul 8 2009 7:57PM

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Calb3rt

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yes

Jul 8 2009 7:59PM

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chickenwang

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sadly yes.

Jul 8 2009 7:59PM

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eastside

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Insane

maybe they convicted him to save him from following a horrible career as a soccer player.

Jul 8 2009 7:59PM

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PacificRimJob

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@th1337

please dont turn this into a "this is america and soccer is GAYYY" thread...

Especially when Real Madrid just spent about half the amount of money as the US government just spent to bailout the economy to have contract rights to THREE players.

Soccer = $$$$$$. End of story.

Jul 8 2009 8:09PM

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Pow.yuHdig*

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fuck women was it here on newschoolers somebody raised the point how its ridicolous they have that much power the power to accuse of rape and get away with it weather they were erong or right

Jul 8 2009 8:11PM

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PacificRimJob

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@th1337

as for the courtcase... this article was obviously written quite biased..

however.. it does seem like a pretty skeptical case... i'd scratch my head pretty hard through this..

Jul 8 2009 8:12PM

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Billek

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I agree with this reaction

I agree with the OP

Jul 8 2009 8:12PM

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Uncle.Badness

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That's bullshit

Jul 8 2009 8:33PM

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PacificRimJob

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@th1337

I think this article also put me on the end of the bias that it created... but not because this is an opposite but equal version of the duke lacrosse case, with a different ruling, but because the girl at the centre is an absolute ditzy, drunk, 'like omfg' bitch who just got out of a DUI, and doesnt seem to remember ANYTHING that happened that night.

Santa Barbara county is pretty bad though from what I understand... It and Orange county just SCREAM conservative white elitism... its sicko..

Jul 8 2009 8:50PM

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dave44

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They don't need evidence in American courts. They just point at the obvious culprit.

Jul 8 2009 8:53PM

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The_Tim

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Ridiculous

dont get angry at the girl because she did what was right. she was raped and went to the cops with what information she could remember, thats proven. blame the fucking scumbag cops, judge and jury who just wanted to put away this case quickly without even a second thought. so fucked up. poor kid could have had a great life but now thats ruined because of a few fucks with too much power and no concern for others.

Jul 8 2009 9:06PM

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