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CrypticPurpose
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 Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:35 am
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Finally, this whole case makes sense; the fact that they got the evidence through a prostitution investigation just really didn't seem to fit until these further details were revealed.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:05 am
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Throw him in prison and throw away the key.
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Meowtain Duwu
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:01 am
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not shocked that he’s a chomo as well
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SinisterOracle
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:04 am
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Lock this pedophile away for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole.
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Top Gun
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:14 am
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Jesus, this story just keeps getting worse.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:55 am
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| CrypticPurpose wrote: | | Finally, this whole case makes sense; the fact that they got the evidence through a prostitution investigation just really didn't seem to fit until these further details were revealed. |
Yeah, the case seems quite solid and I don't see any way for Itou to climb out of that with his behavior - let alone it's way more disgusting.
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v1cious
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:19 am
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| Quote: | | The authorities charged Itou on Friday with allegedly exchanging money knowingly with a 15-year-old girl he met on social media last November for obscene acts, including nonconsensual sexual intercourse. |
Ok I'm confused on this one. How can it be nonconsensual if money was exchanged?
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WANNFH
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:00 am
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| v1cious wrote: |
| Quote: | | The authorities charged Itou on Friday with allegedly exchanging money knowingly with a 15-year-old girl he met on social media last November for obscene acts, including nonconsensual sexual intercourse. |
Ok I'm confused on this one. How can it be nonconsensual if money was exchanged? |
Nothing confusing - if the victim did not have any conscience about the sexual act at the time - that still makes it non-consensual, even if the money transaction involved before or afterwards.
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Blood-
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:05 am
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| v1cious wrote: |
| Quote: | | The authorities charged Itou on Friday with allegedly exchanging money knowingly with a 15-year-old girl he met on social media last November for obscene acts, including nonconsensual sexual intercourse. |
Ok I'm confused on this one. How can it be nonconsensual if money was exchanged? |
I'm not 100% sure of this but I think that Japan probably has the equivalent of a statutory rape law. In other words, if somebody is under a certain age, even if they consent to sex, it's still illegal to have it with them if you are an adult.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:20 am
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| Blood- wrote: | | I'm not 100% sure of this but I think that Japan probably has the equivalent of a statutory rape law. In other words, if somebody is under a certain age, even if they consent to sex, it's still illegal to have it with them if you are an adult. |
Yeah, it's most likely that - and Japan has a clear description of statutory rape (法定強姦) in Penal Code.
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Alan45
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:18 am
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The other possibility is that he paid for a specific act and then forced her to perform an additional act she was unwilling to do.
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AsleepBySunset
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:34 am
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Children cannot consent to sex. They can say they want sex but that doesn't mean they consent. There are no "empowered child sex workers" either.
Honestly it's so frustrating how people on this site beat me down for being unequivocally against the death penalty then just casually act confused about why purchasing child prostitutes is illegal.
Also, consent cannot be purchased LOL (if you purchase a prostitute, you are a rapist).
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Tenebrae
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:35 am
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| WANNFH wrote: | | Yeah, the case seems quite solid and I don't see any way for Itou to climb out of that with his behavior - let alone it's way more disgusting. |
Most significantly, there appears to be an admission of guilt. As far as I understand it, that's the single most crucial piece of evidence in Japanese legal system. It should make the case pretty much an open-and-close thing and basically guarantee a guilty verdict.
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ChirashiD
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:16 pm
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| AsleepBySunset wrote: | | Also, consent cannot be purchased LOL (if you purchase a prostitute, you are a rapist). |
Most prostitutes are adults so even if money is involved and you have to pay first, it still qualifies as consensual sex by both parties. There is no law that legalizes rape, but you still have places where prostitution is legal.
| Tenebrae wrote: | | Most significantly, there appears to be an admission of guilt. As far as I understand it, that's the single most crucial piece of evidence in Japanese legal system. It should make the case pretty much an open-and-close thing and basically guarantee a guilty verdict. |
I think it has something to do with more clear and preferable incentives to admit guilt than try to drag it out and get away with it like people in the U.S. do. Saves everybody time, money, hassle, avoids getting family involved especially when there's already enough other evidence against him.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:20 pm
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| ChirashiD wrote: |
| Tenebrae wrote: | | Most significantly, there appears to be an admission of guilt. As far as I understand it, that's the single most crucial piece of evidence in Japanese legal system. It should make the case pretty much an open-and-close thing and basically guarantee a guilty verdict. |
I think it has something to do with more clear and preferable incentives to admit guilt than try to drag it out and get away with it like people in the U.S. do. Saves everybody time, money, hassle, avoids getting family involved especially when there's already enough other evidence against him. |
Yeah, under the Japanese legal system with it's highest conviction rates - especially when he is pretty much cornered by evidence - it's just the easiest way for him to admit it while trying to at least cut the sentence even a little bit instead of dragging it out - because he is done one way or another, considering the severity of his crime and police got him while investigating for different case.
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