Are you serious? Moral obligations aside, you have a legal obligation to call the police. Arrogance and pretence are obviously annoying characteristics, but they are perfectly legal. Rape is a serious crime that should be punished.
Law should be "reason over passion". But what you are doing is letting your personal feelings override capital laws, and in that process you are also breaking the law yourself...
While you usually do not have the legal obligation to report a crime, it's different if it's a felony (and rape is DEFINITELY a felony). The specific law varies by state, but in most states it's a crime to not report a felony. It's called misprision of felony, punishable by fine and/or prison up to 3 years. (it's title 18, part 1, chapter 1, § 4 of the U.S. code if you want to confirm).
And yes, the people you mentioned in that case could be prosecuted if they were proven to have committed the act. So yea, if I didn't call the police on a rape, I probably wouldn't talk about it on an internet forum.
While you usually do not have the legal obligation to report a crime, it's different if it's a felony (and rape is DEFINITELY a felony). The specific law varies by state, but in most states it's a crime to not report a felony. It's called misprision of felony, punishable by fine and/or prison up to 3 years. (it's title 18, part 1, chapter 1, § 4 of the U.S. code if you want to confirm).
And yes, the people you mentioned in that case could be prosecuted if they were proven to have committed the act. So yea, if I didn't call the police on a rape, I probably wouldn't talk about it on an internet forum.
This offense, however, requires active concealment of a known felony rather than merely failing to report it.
-- by 会员 Cortega (2010/5/29 4:10:35)
Well, this entire discussion is based on the statement that "they knew she was being raped but just didn't do anything". As for confirmation, reasonable common sense dictates that when you hear certain things, like crying or yelling for help, it's probably a good idea to call the police.
In addition, "active concealment" is actually not clearly defined, so it's up to the interpretation of the judge. If you knew a felony is being committed and you pretend to not see/hear it (thus allowing it happen), then you are committing an "affirmative act" of the felony. Depending on the interpretation, you can get away with no real punishment or just a small fine. oint is, there is a potential legal liability here.
And you bring up a good point, so if you get asked by the police later about the crime, would you lie about it (actively concealing it)? If you wouldn't lie about it, then why not just call the police to begin with?
And legal debate aside, are you really trying to justify that act? You can list all the reasons as to why you are not liable/responsible for something like that. But can you really live with yourself if you actually did something like that??
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发表于 2010-5-29 03:17:15
oint is, there is a potential legal liability here. 
