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Lakhe,
I was upset because you thought I was sick and was looking for tape. NOT. Here is what I was thinking:
Often, rape cases are proved on the basis of semen test or other evidence found in women's clothes. The girl who is raped should report to police as soon as it happened. In this case, where we are talking about 500+ times of rapes, there got to be more concrete evidence of forced entry. I wondered when did the victim report the case: to me, it seems she reported the case after the two stopped having any relationship. When he was raping her hundreds of times, she didn't report the case, but when he stopped , she reported the case. This doesn't make sense. Again, it may be because of victim's own helplessness; she might be under a lot of duress. It is also possible that when she thought enough was enough, and moved out, hoping these would be the things of the past, Ajay demanded that relationship be continued, which forced her to go to the detective. But there has to be evidences corroborating one way or other.Detectives normally spend lots of time in preparing a case like this against an individual. Where is that diligence?
You see I admitted being biased; I could do so because I am not in a jury, I am not sending a man to jail for 250 years. My first two movies in the USA were "Chinatown" and "Cider House Rules", both of which had American father having incestous relationship with their daughter. The third one was "American Pie". This country, I thought, was so obsessed with sex that anything could happen here. Again, whatever my bias, I do have the right to initiate my inquiry in this case.
Regarding wage differential: How many actresses/actors are there in Nepal? What fraction of total labor force does that constitute? Also, do they have the 'same' job? I think actress has different role than actors, no? If a film has female dominant story with a male sidekick, one can assume she will fetch more--but I am not sure. My observarion is based on my own experience--I am a farmer and brick kiln owner. Male khetala and female khetala for the same work got the same amount of money in my region. And farmers constitute an absolutle majority of workers. But again, I was not talking in absolute term. When I said there were no wage differentials, I should have said "there are relatively less wage differentials". I was not in a binary world, I was not talking about whether it exists or not, but by how much does it differ.
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Alysma,
"There would have been no crime since she was 18 and he would be free and clear. ."
I am surprised. So, you are saying if he had admitted of having relationship in the past, he would be free? And even though there were only circumstantial evidence of such relation, you wanted to send him to jail for so long? you think it is appropriate sentence? I would love to see your take on this news and my questions below:
and compare 70-250 years sentence to Ajay. (I understand that the verdict of jury means Ajay may get 70-250 years in jail, but judge decides about it.)
Here are my thoughts:
1. Which crime is more severe? Can we even compare crimes?
2. Is UK soft on crime or is US tough on crime? Is US now a safer place? What is the fundamental difference in UK and USA that results in such a difference in crime? Would american jury member who sat on Ajay's jury have given similar sentence to those men in that crime?
3. Why is there are about 700 per 1 00 000 people in jail in USA while 100+ in the rest of the world? Are americans more criminals? Are american juries tougher?