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OT - former girls basketball coach pleads not guilty
What is it about HS basketball coaches around Portland?
Ex-Reynolds High School girls basketball coach pleads not guilty to sex-abuse | OregonLive.com |
This is unfortunately a too familiar story.
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Without knowing the details of this particular case, let me just say this; I wish they'd refrain from broadcasting these suspects until they're found guilty. Merely being charged with this crime, when publicized like this, comes with societal punishments that are irreversible.
Now, even if a jury comes back and says he's not guilty, those in the community will forever think he's guilty. This guy may well be as guilty as sin, but my problem is it won't actually matter. Rhetorical question: How many of us had him convicted and sentenced in our opinions based simply on the headline Mark posted? |
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I'm not aware of other types of crimes where we publicize an accused person with the hopes of getting other victims to come forward in the hopes of more evidence for a conviction. |
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I don't think they are necessarily publicized with that goal in mind....just that it makes good ratings for the news outlets. And I fully agree that a ruined innocent life is not worth a few convictions. And that is the basis of our system. The odds are strongly stacked in favor of the alleged criminal....and many get off (or are back on the streets too early) because we value protecting the innocent over punishing the guilty. |
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I have to admit if a coach at my daughter's school was charged with this sort of crime, I'd want to know about it. But aside from the coach/player aspect of this, I don't find it particularly abhorrent for a 22 year old man to have a relationship with a 17 year old. In a year, if he'd been her coach or boss, it would have simply been an inappropriate work relationship and not a crime. I certainly find it less reprehensible than, say, a 50-something CEO having a relationship with a college-aged intern. While I certainly think what this guy is alleged to have done is wrong, I do have a problem with calling it a sex-crime. |
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Let me put it this way, I don't think it should be the kind of crime that puts a 22 year old man on the sex registry for the rest of his life. Hell, I'm not intimately familiar with the relevant laws in every state, but I'd be guess 22-17 wouldn't be a crime at all in at least a few states. |
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Again, I wouldn't want him tagged as a sex-offender, listed next to the guy giving candy to little kids out of his white panel van. |
I just read the article and it said he is 26. I think that at 26 he shouldn't be chasing high school girls, no matter how close they are to 18.
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I happen to agree with Snaq on this. I think putting everyone on a sex offender's list is not the answer. And the age of 22 and 17 is not that far apart if there was some level of a mutual relationship. Now you can make the case this is not a mutual relationship, but a 17 year old is only a year away from 18 and can drive and soon vote. I guess I have a problem if an 18 year old were to get involved with a 17 year old and somehow they were accused of an inappropriate relationship and then accused of a crime.
I think a lot of parents do not want to face that your 17 year old is not like a 17 year old was when you were a kid. This is certainly not always a black and white situation that is for sure. Peace |
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Again, I have a bigger problem with a 50 y/o CEO using a 22 y/o secretary. |
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