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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
So if found not guilty- you've decided that they still gang raped and sexually humiliated the alleged victim?
Now they must be stripped of their ability to play in the NHL? + whatever else you can think of?
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I would also add on that they conspired to get their stories straight and lied to police investigators. Sure. That's my view. It's based on the evidence before me that I've seen, some of the most damning of which wasn't even introduced. Should I simply ignore it?
Do I also believe there is reasonable doubt and they likely shouldn't be convicted? Yes. Unfortunately, that's going to be the case for a lot of situations like this.
(I would also like to say, as someone who has read the facts, that I don't necessarily say they are all equally abhorrent and culpable.)
But then we go back to the NHL, and I've said from the start, the league (and more importantly individual teams) can make a business decision. Mel Gibson wasn't found guilty of anything but I don't necessarily think it would have been smart to cast him as Moses in some big hollywood production. Capitalism baby.