[zokah]

LAKE CITY, Fla. -- An 18-year-old man said he tried to rape a 13-year-old girl because, "The devil tried to rape her in my body."
The  was arrested on charges of battery and lewd or lascivious battery and booked on a $55,000 bond after trying to hold the girl against her will.
The incident started when the girl was walking to her grandmother's house.  The man asked her if she wanted to hang out and she said "no."
He then allegedly pushed the girl into his backyard and up against the house.  He's being accused of taking off his clothes and telling the girl to "stop resisting" as he also tried to take off her clothes.
At this point, after repeatedly saying "no" and "stop," the girl was able to push away and escape.
Police said the man tried to chase the girl but he was apprehended by his mother and taken back into his house.  The cops later arrived at his house, at which point he told officers "the devil tried to rape her in my body."

Could you imagine if this excuse actually worked as a legit defense against prosecution for crimes you commit?  Just think...if you were pulled over for the speeding and the cop said, "Do you have any idea how fast you were going?"
You could politely roll down your window, turn to the cop and say, "There must be some mistake officer, I wasn't driving...the devil was behind the wheel.  I kept telling him to slow down, but he wouldn't listen....."

This is a perfect example of why
Religion
Poisons
EVERYTHING.

MOST of the people in this man's jury pool are self-admitted Christians.
There's a good chance that his judge, his prosecutor, the arresting officer, and even his own defense attorney would swear that they believe in a very real devil, one who certainly has it in his power to do this.

WITHOUT religion, the man would have no defense.
WITH religion, at least one jury member (more likely, several) would certainly have "reasonable doubt".
The jurors who's religion MUST compel them to say "coulda happened", will only set aside their nonsensical religious believes momentarily to cave in to the peer pressure of the rational people around them.

--Ray

[LastExit]

Isn't this just the insanity argument? Some doctors can certify the guy sane or not, so he either goes to prison or to a mental hospital. Maybe he really is nuts?

Isn't this just the insanity argument? Some doctors can certify the guy sane or not, so he either goes to prison or to a mental hospital. Maybe he really is nuts?

Sure.
But my point is, the lunatics are running the insane asylum.
Judge, Jury, Prosecutor, and Cops ALL suffer from the same delusion as the criminal, and can ONLY do their jobs by setting aside their delusion. And that's sad.
--Ray

[zokah]

Thanks for pointing that out Ray, it's not something I'd thought of when I was posting this, I just looked at the humor

I'm not 100% sure but isn't the default oath to "tell the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god" taken while holding a the book that invented the devil originally?

I hope they do try to use the insanity defense with success and it's upheld all the way to the supreme court cos then the SCOTUS will have ruled that religion=insanity


BTW, I launched a humorous attempt over at r/atheism to secure the TLD .god since nobody has applied for it. If it ever happens should we protect ourselves from cybersquatting and reserve the domain RavishU.god? 

Zokah Writes:

I'm not 100% sure but isn't the default oath to "tell the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god" taken while holding a the book that invented the devil originally?

Not if they want me to swear to anything, it won't be.
And actually, more and more jurisdictions have omitted the bible and changed the oath to something like "I do hereby swear and affirm that I will tell the truth..." and omitted the "god" requirement.

BTW, I launched a humorous attempt over at r/atheism to secure the TLD .god since nobody has applied for it. If it ever happens should we protect ourselves from cybersquatting and reserve the domain RavishU.god? 

I'm still learning my way around reddit. Most of it's still over my head.
--Ray

[zokah]

yeah, I know there are alternatives allowed but only if you ask, otherwise they just hand you the bible.
It'd be worth not asking and once u touch the bible just quickly moving your hand as if it is burning hot


Same here pretty much for reddit, I don't go to many places other than r/atheism and maybe r/ImGoingToHellForThis or r/NSFW_WTF for laughs