Sex crimes victims' powerful testimony at Nassar sentencing - Is It That Much Worse Than Other Viole

Below is one of the many videos, which you can find on just about every news site, about Larry Nassar's sentencing. Larry Nassar is already serving 60 years for child porn, and is being sentenced for his predatory activities as a doctor for the USA Gymnastics. 98 victims are due to testify this week. The testimony is heart-rending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vT1MFkWmo

Kyle Stephens testified that she "knew Nassar not as a gymnast but as a family friend. She testified that Nassar’s abuse, which first occurred when she was 6 years old, caused her to experience depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, and that she would often lie on the floor for hours, pulling out her hair and thinking of her gun. She testified that when her parents refused to believe her, it destroyed her relationship with them, and that her father’s realization of the truth contributed to his suicide." See Victims Confront USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar in Court. From the same article: "The third to speak, Donna Markham, spoke on behalf of her daughter, Chelsea, who died by suicide in 2009 when she was 23. 'It all started with him,' she said."

In no way to I want to denigrate these victims or excuse Nassar's horrific crimes. But one wonders, why the emotionally wrought testimony here, when the same people have problems with "mass incarceration" of street criminals. Is there perhaps some riding a political wave here?

I agree. I happened to catch a few minutes of the girls' testimony last night on TV. It is a good thing that those young ladies spoke as they did. In that case, as close as we can get to it, justice was done in that courtroom.

The Nassars of the world are not stopped from doing their damage if the victims wait years. I am a lawyer. Any lawyer will tell you that it's very difficult ro prosecute an ancient crime. Memories have faded. Witnesses die, move, or otherwise become unavailable. And in cases where it is gray the accused may not remember enough details.

I am now 60 and happily married for over 26 years. Before I met my wife I had three or so serious relationships back in the 1980's (I met my wife in January 1990) and innumerable blind dates. The thing that's in common with all of those is we were alone on the first date.

But what if any one of the dates made an accusation? Could I defend it, or would my life, career, and family life be in shambles?

It is hard to understand how that little worm of a man was able to molest over 100 young girls .

It seems the parents would have notice something different in the mood of the girls after such abuse. One wonders if the goal of going to the Olympics was so strong that one wears blinders?

Crosscheck said:

It is hard to understand how that little worm of a man was able to molest over 100 young girls .

It seems the parents would have notice something different in the mood of the girls after such abuse. One wonders if the goal of going to the Olympics was so strong that one wears blinders?

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I find it very easy to understand how he could do what he did--he had the opportunity, and he was practiced at the art of deception. The authorities were perhaps dissonant--they did not want to believe that this could or would happen.