Daily Archive for April 25th, 2009

I’ve been rather quiet lately because of a few local stories as well as one national story. After hearing about Sandra Cantu I heard 4 different case in my city where 4 different CHILDREN were charged with possession and distribution of child pornography because they took photos of THEMSELVES and sent them to their peers. Because they did this they could be jailed and placed on the sex offender registry for the next twenty years. Two of these children are sixth graders who thought it might be funny to send photos. Between one dead child and the systematic destruction of four others I needed to walk away for a bit. So that’s why I’ve been quiet lately. Now onto Saundra Cantu.

The news said Sandra Cantu was raped before she was killed, stuffed in a suitcase then tossed in a pond.  When I read it my own experiences were shamefully validated. I figure the public now knows a tiny bit about female to female sexual abuse and assault. I know many people thought to themselves, “How did she rape her?” They might have thought it wasn’t possible. This one story known across the country and perhaps further gives the average person a bit of insight where they once didn’t have or want any.

While the news validates female to female abuse stories I’m bothered that many shows report the case with near sympathy for the accused. What I mean is they concentrate on how tearful she is during proceedings.  As a matter of fact my local news person turned her head to the side in a rather emotional way when reporting Huckaby’s tears. In addition her guilt has been questioned because she is a mother with a daughter the age of Sandra as if somehow a mother wouldn’t hurt her child’s friend. What I’m getting at is this,  questions, excuses and “rationalizations” arise  that normally wouldn’t simply because the accused murderer and rapist is female. If this were a man we wouldn’t think twice about guilt or innocence. We’d be rightly disgusted and terribly disinterested because of how common it is. Truth be told, Sandra would not get the amount of news footage she’s getting had her assailant been male. This is wrong in every way. Equal prosecution for offenders, equal coverage for victims of all economic levels. No free passes. No excuses.

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