Bad things can happen in bars, Hatch told the victim, adding that other people might be more intoxicated than she was.
“If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you,” Hatch said.
Hatch told the victim and the defendant that no one would be happy with the sentence she gave, but that finding an appropriate sentence was her duty.
“I hope you look at what you’ve been through and try to take something positive out of it,” Hatch said to the victim in court. “You learned a lesson about friendship and you learned a lesson about vulnerability.”
Hatch said that the victim was not to blame in the case, but that all women must be vigilant against becoming victims.
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change,”
These are the words of Judge Jacqueline Hatch to the victim of a sexual assault by a police officer (whom Judge Hatch gave probation and did not require to register as a sex offender). Explain to me again how easy it is for women to bring charges and how there’s no inherent misogyny in a system where one cannot expect sanity even from a female in a position of authority.
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