The Justice System Doesn’t Care About Rape Victims

By: A Survivor Not a Victim
July 24, 2016

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I have been thinking a lot about what I’ve been going through. I’m completely and utterly disgusted with the justice system in Massachusetts and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

The Assistant District Attorney actually asked me if I thought that he [my rapist] made a mistake because “people sometimes change their minds. ” He was insinuating that perhaps I was “giving him all the right signals,” and then I “changed my mind.” I was so incredibly infuriated by this. I didn’t even give him a piece of my mind because I was too shocked, especially because I could see in his eyes that he was serious.

I’ve never had feelings or sexual curiosities about my rapist, EVER! That is why I told him I would NEVER SLEEP WITH HIM earlier that night. I actually said those words to him that night. I don’t remember exactly what he said to provoke this statement from me. I never changed my mind. I have never felt that way towards him, and I won’t sleep with someone if I am not into them. I have never been able to do that. Additionally, I never sleep with roommates.

I can’t believe there was never an attempt to get a statement from him, especially because he has changed his story under oath on record during the restraining order hearing. An initial statement from him when the police report was made could have helped my case. In my opinion, this is gross neglect regarding my rape at the hands of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Boston Police Department.

And, if you read my blog, to top it off, he works for the Department of Children and Families; disgusting, people are not safe. He needs to be charged for this. He needs to be held responsible.

The justice system fails the majority of rape victims every day. There is rarely any justice for victims of rape.