She will be amazing.
River Song’s timeline (so far), in pictures.
I’m really glad someone figured this out and put it in order. =)
Gina Calaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14, released at 34 →
When then-14-year-old Gina Celaya killed the man who tried to rape her, the state of Arizona sentenced her to life in prison.
Today — after twenty years in prison, and almost as many years of legal battles fought from state courts up to the federal court of appeals — Gina is finally free.
That’s the American “justice system” for you. Serving up injustice to poor people, people of color, and women, since 1776 … She has served more years in jail than the number of years she had been on this Earth at the time of her supposed “crime.”
Meanwhile, actual murderers and rapists walk around freely if they wear a police badge or serve in the U.S. military.There are no words for how much I fucking hate this country.
There is no justice system.
I hope no one ever interferes with her life again.
“Oh, you don’t have to worry! If you hurt someone while defending yourself, the police and justice system will be on your side!”
Bullshit. Look at what happened to this woman. There are no words indeed.
But wait… I thought rape culture tells us to yell louder, kick, scream, punch, etc.?? Aren’t we supposed to do any and everything we can to avoid it from happening and if we don’t, then it’s our fault??? But then when we do, we spend 20 years in prison???? What in the fucking fuck.
Excuse me while I go hate the world.
Stfu Assholes: "I'm against abortion, except in the case of rape..." →
There are several problems with saying that you’re against abortion except in the case of rape.Here are three of them.
1. Logistical
The easiest one to explain is the logistical one. Data show that many, possibly most, rapes are not reported. Even fewer lead to trials,…
The Republicans, apparently with nothing better to do, are still chasing their tails over the tragic events in Benghazi on September 11.
Actually, no. That’s not true. They’re chasing their tails over what happened after the tragic events of September 11. They’re mostly concerned that the Obama Administration tried to cover up the fact that this was a terrorist attack by a local militia (translation: local street gang) which aspired toward bad-butt Al Qaeda status. This is a pretty hard sell since, the day after the attack, the President called it an “act of terror…”
Who’s to blame for the lax security? This is the real substance of the case. Could it have been the Secretary of State? Undoubtedly, no. This sort of question is well below her pay grade. Could it have been the person in charge of embassy security issues? More likely, and that person resigned after the subsequent investigations… and even that might have been unfair for two reasons. Security was up to the Ambassador and Chris Stevens was well known for erring on the side of greater public access to U.S. facilities. Or, more plausibly, reason number two…
Could it have been the Republicans who consistently voted against funds for increased embassy security? Hmmm…that makes their current carping seem awfully political, doesn’t it? Again, sins of politics are not mortal. But one does wonder why the Republicans tend to fix on issues like this, which are defined by their absence of substance. (I haven’t noticed the Republicans clamoring to spend more on embassy security–which would be a matter of substance, happily embraced by the Administration.But that would require a budget deal, which would give the President a win.)
Benghazi Again (via diadoumenos)
“This is a pretty hard sell since, the day after the attack, the President called it an “act of terror…”
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