Heya there -  

First, apologize for the not-so-sexy-message...

Just want to urge all of the Philadelphia voters to get out on Tuesday and vote "NO" on retention of Judge Teresa Carr Deni.  

Deni ruled that a 4-man gang-rape at gunpoint was just "a theft of services" and when the same man was arrested for raping another woman 4 days after she let him go, she refused to allow the ADA to have another judge, and threw out those charges as well.  

-- Modified on 11/2/2013 7:42:22 PM

I've attached a link to the full letter (Jane Dalton, Chancellor of Philadelphia Bar Association, in 2007).  

"As Chancellor, a lawyer, and a human being, I am personally offended by this unforgivable miscarriage of justice. The victim has been brutalized twice in this case: first by the assailants, and now by the court...

I have personally reviewed the transcript from the defendant's preliminary hearing in this case. Based on my reading, the transcript clearly reflects that the victim decided she was not going to engage in sex with any of the men present, and that she was forced to do so at gunpoint. No one has denied or contradicted this...

We cannot imagine any circumstances more violent or coercive than being forced to have sex with four men at gunpoint.

Judge Deni's subsequent remarks...point out that her decision in this case was based on a pre-existing bias as to when sex can be consented to, and as to when that consent can be withdrawn, and reflects, in my opinion, a clear disregard of the legal definition of rape and the rule of law in this case."

Since 2007, Carr Deni has not issued a public apology.
I can only assume that her perspective has not shifted in the last seven years--any that if any provider or civie-woman you know were to be assaulted, you would NOT want this judge on the case.  


-- Modified on 11/3/2013 2:19:15 PM

Good to see a cool midwestern girl looking out for us; I am inspired by your activism.

This happened in 2007? And she's still there? Only in Philly can you be a total FU and still be there