Title is slightly misleading as it could mean the law now allows rapists to marry underage victims, however that has been in place for many years already, in 2004 it was amended so that each party’s family AND the victim would have to agree to the marriage, to spare the family the shame (the family not the victim, gotta focus on what’s important after all!). However there have been a few instances where the judge forced the union himself, despite arguments from both sides against it. Parents of **** victims would often agree to marriage because they were scared the daughter would never find a suited mate if she had been raped (again, men punishing the victim for the assault).
To think such a law would have been [i]altered[/i] and not removed entirely, just 4 years ago is a bit of a shocker too. Today, Morocco is finally waking up and realizing they have old, traditional laws in place that are now changed due to last year’s suicide of teen victim, Amina al-Filali, who poisoned herself to escape the marriage she was forced into with her rapist.
The law also allowed a rapist complete freedom if he married his victim. Now, I don’t think that would work well and it seems to have taken a long time for them to realize it. Think, if you were a loser with no hope of ever marrying a beautiful woman, why not just go and **** a cute, young girl/woman and you will not only be let off the hook but you could force her into marrying you too! I can only imagine what it would be like if they did that here, especially with so many hot movie stars and female artists in the charts. Seriously, take you pick and you’ll not only be set free but you can force her to marry you too….come to think of it, maybe Kevin Federline had heard this before too.
“In 550 cases of the corruption of minors between 2009 and 2010, only seven were married under Article 475 of the penal code” I wonder why someone that had committed such a heinous crime would accept punishment instead? So I looked into what the punishment was. The penalty for **** is between five and 10 years in prison, but rises to 10 to 20 in the case of a minor. Wow, one minute you **** her and the next you take up to 20 years in a Moroccan prison as opposed to marrying her? The mind wanders.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/morocco-to-change-law-allowing-rapists-to-marry-underage-victims-1.1125707#ixzz2Iog0ln3n