RAPE VICTIMS ARE "STUPID"... ...according to the judge in the article below. There is no doubt in my mind that our legal system is flawed. Far, far too often cases go untried, perpetrators uncharged because the police and/or the judges and D.A.s don't want to do anything. They are trying to keep things below the radar until the next election cycle. Or they don't care because the case isn't high profile enough. The Megan Meier MySpace Suicide case is a prime recent example. I know this because for a number of years, when I was a freelance paralegal, I spent a lot of time downtown, sitting in courtrooms waiting for moments with a judge or clerk to get papers signed or orders issued. I would see the impatience, the not-listening, the rudeness... and not always from the Defendants. Some judges would show up at 11am - take a 2 hour lunch at noon - and be gone by 3pm. Zoom! So much for jurisprudence. It just confirmed my decision not to go to law school after pas...