The Weight of Justice: A Rape Victim's Agony and Our Collective Failure The recent case of two teenage boys spared jail for raping a 15 year old girl has sent shockwaves through our society.
On the surface, it appears to be a disturbing example of leniency towards perpetrators who are "still children.
" However, scratch beneath that veneer and you'll find a complex web of issues that speak to deeper problems within our system.