Seriously. Massive props to him.Serious credit to that executive producer for investigating things.
He could have just slapped a "Based on a true story" line on the story and not gone any further.
This is textbook white tears condemning a black man.Do racists have deep fear of black men stealing their pure white women or what the fuck .
While this is fucked up in all manner of ways... what could she do? If she believed it was that man, did say the wrong one, then later said it was him again, wouldn't it fall on the justice system to more or less remove her testimony as non-believable?
What if instead of rushing to judgment and assuming the worst about a victim of sexual assault we didn't have to have a hot take? Like my god, some of these replies are beyond the pale. I understand the anger at the system that leads to these injustices, but seriously stop and think about what you're saying about people, they are real people not hypotheticals or movie characters. I know she isn't here to read the comments but the message it sends is awful.
What's with racist ass America being so horny to convict innocent black men of rape ??? . Do racists have deep fear of black men stealing their pure white women or what the fuck . What's more funny I think white people committed more rapes through slavery alone .
Its scary how much junk science gets tossed around as evidence, even in courtrooms today. Bite-mark analysis is another one that's pure pseudoscience.An absolute travesty.
But I just love how the talk about junk science in the article with regard to microscopic hair analysis, but casually throw in that he passed two lie detector tests (which are the junkiest of junk sciences).
Because they convinced her he was the man that assaulted her. Her resolution of the incident in her own mind could very well be tied to that belief. It's no small thing, psychologically speaking, to expect a victim of a violent sexual assault to open that can of worms on their own trauma and admit that actually he might not be the guy, and her attacker is still out there. It's one of the ways the mind can protect itself. To just expect that kind of reflection shows just how little people really understand PTSD.
She will be forced now to open that locked door, and to do it publicly too. It is going to have severe repercussions on her mental health, and going by some of the reactions in this thread, there unfortunately will not be much empathy for that. People lack far too much in their understanding of PTSD.
Broadwater himself seems to realise it, hence why he doesn't want retribution. I'm not sure why so many in this thread are blind to it.
The system is entirely to blame. The amount of sexual assaults that go unpunished due to lack of evidence, and a victims desperation to feel safe from her attacker made her an easy mark for a legal system structured almost entirely to incarcerate minorities.
I'll say it again, there are two victims in this and neither should be blamed. There is plenty of blame to attribute to others involved in this.
What if instead of rushing to judgment and assuming the worst about a victim of sexual assault we didn't have to have a hot take? Like my god, some of these replies are beyond the pale. I understand the anger at the system that leads to these injustices, but seriously stop and think about what you're saying about people, they are real people not hypotheticals or movie characters. I know she isn't here to read the comments but the message it sends is awful.
Honestly fuck anyone who is co-signing her bullshit. "What could she do?". How about be fucking honest about not knowing or recognizing who her attacker was. Fucking bullshit.
More like UnluckyThey should make a movie about this instead and still name it Lucky.
Exactly. Or that brock turner kid who got like 3 months jail time for a rape because according to the judge he had a bright future ahead of him and this would jeopardize that, or some such bullshit.Compare that to the rich white young man that assaulted multiple girls and got parole. The system sucks.
This right here.Honestly fuck anyone who is co-signing her bullshit. "What could she do?". How about be fucking honest about not knowing or recognizing who her attacker was. Fucking bullshit.
If you read why the book is called Lucky in first place, it still fits.
Fair enough she was initially railroaded by an ugly prosecution, but in all the years that passed she did nothing with her doubts and confusion over three different men, yet she had the wherewithal to detail it while writing and profiting from a book? But didn't want to bring any of that information to his five parole hearings? This is peak sketchy white woman.
I've read the context. Nothing "lucky" about losing 16 years of your freedom for a crime you didn't commit because you were randomly picked out off the street.If you read why the book is called Lucky in first place, it still fits.
The book is called "Lucky" because the police called her lucky for only being raped and not dismembered. A police officer with that level of empathy would certainly think Broadwater is lucky for getting released.I've read the context. Nothing "lucky" about losing 16 years of your freedom for a crime you didn't commit because you were randomly picked out off the street.
What's with racist ass America being so horny to convict innocent black men of rape ??? . Do racists have deep fear of black men stealing their pure white women or what the fuck . What's more funny I think white people committed more rapes through slavery alone .
The guy who spend 16 years in prison and was branded as a rapist for decades more is a real person too and what happened to him is partly her fault. The prosecution is obviously more at fault but she isn't innocent, she blamed a random person she didn't even know, was then unable to identify the same person in a line up and pointed at someone else, was informed of her mistake and identified the the guy she accused first "correctly" in court and in the decades since never reflected on the fact that she got it wrong and what that means when it comes to being sure you accuse the right person.What if instead of rushing to judgment and assuming the worst about a victim of sexual assault we didn't have to have a hot take? Like my god, some of these replies are beyond the pale. I understand the anger at the system that leads to these injustices, but seriously stop and think about what you're saying about people, they are real people not hypotheticals or movie characters. I know she isn't here to read the comments but the message it sends is awful.
I would actually say the producer investigating the story and pushing for it to be reevaluated is his lucky circumstance in the first place.The book is called "Lucky" because the police called her lucky for only being raped and not dismembered. A police officer with that level of empathy would certainly think Broadwater is lucky for getting released.
The guy who spend 16 years in prison and was branded as a rapist for decades more is a real person too and what happened to him is partly her fault. The prosecution is obviously more at fault but she isn't innocent, she blamed a random person she didn't even know, was then unable to identify the same person in a line up and pointed at someone else, was informed of her mistake and identified the the guy she accused first "correctly" in court and in the decades since never reflected on the fact that she got it wrong and what that means when it comes to being sure you accuse the right person.
Several things you say are definitively wrong. We don't know the person she accused in the street was this man. She did not "decide", to accuse him in court knowing she got it wrong, the prosecution convinced her the two men conspired to trick her.
That's before even touching the very real effects of ptsd such as paranoia, false memories, etc.
Theres plenty of blame to go around here. VERY little of it belongs to a raped child who was manipulated by the system. This thread is full of gross and attitudes like yours and those in this thread are why so many rape victims don't come forward..
As to Sebold, Broadwater said he would like an apology. "I sympathize with her, what happened to her," he said. "I just hope there's a sincere apology. I would accept it. I'm not bitter or have malice towards her."
Yup, clear unconscious (or possible conscious) racism of these judges. The white young man has a bright future ahead of them, but the black young man doesn't.Exactly. Or that brock turner kid who got like 3 months jail time for a rape because according to the judge he had a bright future ahead of him and this would jeopardize that, or some such bullshit.
Noticed that.An absolute travesty.
But I just love how the talk about junk science in the article with regard to microscopic hair analysis, but casually throw in that he passed two lie detector tests (which is the junkiest of junk science).
It seems like some Liam Neeson shit. Also, it goes to show how law enforcement in general is evolved from lynch mobs. The line ups and the coercing of witness testimony.Like others in this thread have said, you can acknowledge that Sebold is a victim while also acknowledging her complicity in ruining a man's life. She knew (or was given a very strong suggestion) that she sent an innocent man to jail and the most she did about it was shop a movie to Netflix.
A civil lawsuit against her should have happened yesterday, but of course that is Broadwater's call.
For some reason a lot of people focus a lot on placing blame on the rape victim rather than the prosecutor.
I'm not blaming her in that this was some conscious effort to convict an innocent black man. I am acknowledging the reality that the system and society she grew up in heavily contributed to the incarceration of an innocent black man. She's very much a victim in this bullshit beyond just her attack/trauma. She's also now just another cog in the wheel of systemic racism which used her assault/trauma to keep that shit moving along.Several things you say are definitively wrong. We don't know the person she accused in the street was this man. She did not "decide", to accuse him in court knowing she got it wrong, the prosecution convinced her the two men conspired to trick her.
That's before even touching the very real effects of ptsd such as paranoia, false memories, etc.
Theres plenty of blame to go around here. VERY little of it belongs to a raped child who was manipulated by the system. This thread is full of gross and attitudes like yours and those in this thread are why so many rape victims don't come forward..
Before reading OP, I considered myself a forgiving person but no I guess I am not.
That's what scares me when hearing about these things. Like I could legit just be walking around and next thing I know I could be arrested charged with rape for no other reason than being black and just being in the general areait could have been any black dude. Insane.
Lots of Liam Neesons in this thread...