RandomJ said:
mcmanus said:
160,000 people have signed a petition to stop Evans from carrying on with his life after serving his sentence.
I kinda doubt that they themselves, their family members, their friends or workmates haven't committed a crime. In fact I'll platt shit if they are all squeaky clean.
Fuck me theres a bit of a difference in not being squeaky clean and being a convicted rapist.
Yes he was convicted of rape but do you understand the facts of the case? For one thing, the girl herself didn't report it as a rape. That's the conclusion the police came to from other evidence. Second, Evans & McDonald co-operated fully with the police whereas had they denied everything, the ironic likelihood is they wouldn't have been charged. Finally, the judge's summing up made it clear that girl was so drunk that she was incapable of giving consent. Yet McDonald was found not guilty whereas Evans was found guilty, so the jury clearly believed that she was capable of consent and by implication she gave that to McDonald.
Yes, Evans is a convicted rapist at the moment but you can certainly question the safety and nature of that conviction. For these reasons I'm uneasy about condemning him too much at the moment. However, the fact that he was convicted should have caused Sheffield United to think very carefully about how they handled it.