The DA has said they will be submitting the case for federal review, so there is a chance he could be charged and go to prison. The victims and their families are also still eligible to sue the city, the high school, and the Butler family.
Jesse Butler will most likely be applying to colleges and may even be attending one this Fall. If the state will not hold him accountable, then the public needs to. He should not be allowed to attend university unless the entire student body is warned about his crimes so that he cannot harm anyone else. Do not let this scum get away with what he did. This needs to follow him for the rest of his life. His parents are doing everything in their power to get this erased from his record and paint him as the victim. It is imperative that the public does not allow that to happen. He very likely will go on to continue his violent behavior, and next time his victim may not survive. He is a danger to women and should be punished. My heart breaks for his victims who bravely stood against him and shared their stories just for the system to betray them.
Funny how you can track a thirteen year old child across state lines when she's needing an abortion, but not for the adult who raped her.
Because god forgive we infringe on HIS rights.
Fun Fact: The President of the goddam United States paid nearly $6 million in damages today to a woman he raped. Once upon a time, this would have been the only news you heard.
A pharmaceutical company had a new drug - a sedative for pregnant women. Already prescribed across Europe.
Already making millions. They needed one FDA reviewer to sign off on it. They got her.
She was one month into the job. She read the application. The safety data wasn't there. She asked for more. They called her office 50 times. Crowded her office. Called her names she said you wouldn't print. She kept saying no.
Then the reports started coming from Europe. Babies born without arms. Without legs. The one thing connecting their mothers - the drug sitting on her desk waiting for her signature. In America - 17 babies were affected. In Europe -10,000.
Congress passed the Kefauver-Harris Amendment that same year. Every drug in America had to prove it was safe before reaching a single patient. Because of her. Her name was Frances Oldham Kelsey. Her acceptance letter had said Dear Mr. Oldham. They hought she was a man.
“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.”