
Originally Posted by
Galactus
Di rin ako abugado, but I've attended enough real court hearings and watched too many legal dramas to give my own opinion.
edit: Ang layo ng una kong sagot! Hindi ko kasi nabasang mabuti.
IMO, malabong ma-acquit yung suspect. Philippine jurisprudence is too conservative, and I haven't heard of a judge na may na-convict na babaeng rapist. We also have to look at physiology. Kung takot ang lalaki sa babae, hindi naman puwedeng tumayo si Manoy, so how can rape be consummated by a woman rapist?
Besides, yung definition ng rape sa batas eh panig sa babae. Kahit walang penetration (finger or dampi lang sa *** organ ng babae), classified na as rape.