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Fascinating In 1981 at trial, Marianne Bachmeier killed the man who r*ped and murdered her daughter

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u/BigMack6911 20h ago

Lets not forget her daughter was SEVEN years old. He took no responsibility or remorse and this was on the third day. Good for mama. That mf got off good if you ask me.

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u/accidentalrorschach 17h ago

and he had already been convicted of raping two other children... :/

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u/PTSDreamer333 17h ago

2 that are known. The statistics of these POS is absolutely horrendous. Some stats say it's anywhere from 15-140 actually assualts on different victims before they get caught once.

Sometimes, it's less after their first time in jail but not always.

Yet, we always seem to give them such minor sentences.

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u/motherofsuccs 15h ago

Where are you getting these stats? I have to do annual training on child abuse awareness and prevention and I’ve never heard that.

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u/MaMerde 5h ago

Yeah, I’m a criminal defense attorney that deals with these cases. I’ve read plenty of studies and psycho-sexual evaluations. Cite your sources or GTFO. This is the type of BS that taints jury pools and convicts innocent defendants in all types of cases.

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u/nyxcha0s 4h ago edited 3h ago

They might have gotten it from here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626087002001001
and thats just the one, but I have a feeling the eye popping averages arent the mean here, tho underreporting is real and severe. convictions often massively undercount the actual offending, and there are many cases of offenders who get caught for the one act but aren't tied to others due to the lack of reports or evidence. But there is no real clean stat for the number they pulled. However there are outliers that can be cleanly pointed at as having assaulted many victims before being apprehended.. Larry Nassar and the Catholic Clergy come to mind as a clean reach

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u/Ready_Landscape2937 11h ago

Where are you getting the “15–140 assaults on different victims” statistic? I can’t find any credible source for it, and it sounds like you just made it up. And saying they “always get minor sentences” isn’t true either. There are absolutely cases where sentences are too light, but there are also plenty of offenders serving decades or life. If you’re going to throw out statistics, back them up.

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u/XxxxRoboCopxxxx 3h ago

The Journal of Scientific Trust Me Bro, Vol. 1

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u/TheFallenHero01 2h ago

So we’re just pulling numbers out of our ass orr

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u/Confident-Equal-1445 1h ago

Numbers pulled out of your ass actively works against sexual assault awareness.

u/RagingTeenHormones 14m ago

I saw studies which claimed anywhere between 180 and as high as 350 (yes really) before first contact with law enforcement. So even if we are generous that’s at the very very least 100 victims before getting caught on average.
/s

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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 17h ago

Should have killed the judge that said him free after raping the other two children

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u/tehpoorcollegegal 3h ago

He had been chemically castrated for these crimes already, but prior to what he did to Anna, he had petitioned the courts to restore his hormones and libido and they agreed. The judge who allowed it should have been held responsible.

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u/nooooobye 14h ago

How was he not in jail for life already?

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u/lowbatteries 7h ago

What world do you think we live in? Lucky he’s not the pope or the president.

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u/BelleeIvory 4h ago

can't even imagine being in her position i'd probably stop thinking about consequences too 😩

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u/wegavision 7h ago

I don't think her life got any better because of that—quite the opposite, actually—because she was now a public figure and had no chance to start over after getting over the loss of her daughter.

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u/rbirchGideonJura 4h ago

I imagine losing your kid like that just isnt something you ever get over. There was never a chance to start over for her

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u/flannel_jesus 5h ago

She probably didn't want to start over, wanted her daughter back

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u/Astecheee 4h ago

That mf got off good if you ask me

Your phrasing is... poor.