(Italy) Paedophile let off because (11 yr old) girl was 'in love'

[The Straight Story]

Paedophile let off because girl was 'in love'


Italy's highest court has overturned the conviction of a 60-year-old man for having sex with an 11-year-old girl, because the verdict failed to take into account their "amorous relationship".

Pietro Lamberti, a social services worker in Catanzaro in southern Italy, was convicted in February 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison for sexual acts with a minor.

The verdict was later upheld by an appeals court.

But Italy's supreme court ruled that the verdict did not sufficiently consider "the 'consensus', the existence of an amorous relationship, the absence of physical force, the girl's feelings of love".

http://www.thelocal.it/20131230/paedophile-conviction-overturned-because-girl-in-love

[Xipe Totec]

1. Which goes to prove, sadly, that there are worse judges than Antonin Scalia. nt

[Katashi_itto]

7. Mind boggling but true

[hrmjustin]

2. WTF!

[awoke_in_2003]

3. I am anti death penalty...

pedophiles make it hard to keep that stance.

[Gravitycollapse]

5. Are you arguing this guy should be put to death?

[awoke_in_2003]

6. I am saying it makes my stance harder...

I think he should be locked up for life. The likes of him are not cure-able

[Gravitycollapse]

8. So what you're saying is you have at least some concern that he should be killed.

Since you say the existence of this man makes it hard to resist the death penalty. On some level then, you must be thinking he deserves to die.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Yes, the caveman portion of my brain...

thinks this fucker should die. The rational part of my brain says killing him drags me down to his level. Yes, a strange dichotomy, but I will not be governed by my emotions.

[ZombieHorde]

4. I have a hard time believing an 11 year old can consent to sex.

Even if the child has feelings of love.

[Dash87]

10. I don't think an 11 year old knows true love either. I wonder how much the pedophile had to pay?

Whenever I see a stupid court verdict, my first question is, who's bank account did what, particularly the judge's and the defendant's.

[NoOneMan]

11. Absurd