[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]I live near where this happened. Its been in the news for a while now and I just have to say there are always 2 sides to every story. The 'date rape drug', otherwise known as GHB, is actually a commonly used recreational drug in the club/rave scene. Most likely what happened was the girl took the drug on purpose, got way too messed up, started fooling around with a couple of guys and she was too stoned to stop it.As for the photos, this is another case of kids distributing child porn of themselves. This is a grey area to say the least. Kids should just get fined and/or community service. Handing out harsh punishments for texting photos of your junk isn't going to deter teens. Kids are notorious for not considering the consequences of their actions so tough laws aren't helpful (though awareness campaigns might be).[/citation]
This is a stupid comment, firstly the law states that unless it is consented (in other words, she would have had to approve of the actions before hand), also the use of drugs is not an excuse (the law also states that impairment does not give consent and that the person is less able to give their consent and therefore you should either get consent before the use or just not do it or it can be rape). Thirdly she is under the age. No matter what this is illegal (personally Ive asked for IDs in bars [Im 21] because the girls that are interested in you wont really mind). Also GHB isnt the ONLY date rape drug, there are 1 or 2 more commonly known as this.
As for the distributing the videos/pics I would say give the offenders a "slap on the wrist" for this one only because it may not be apparent that it is an underage girl (lets face it some minors dont look like minors, hence me checking for ids). By this I mean something like community service and maybe some kind of classes.
As far as actually have videos/pics from "witnesses", I feel appalled that some people could actually sit there and watch (not to mention videotape or snap some pics) some girl being rapped. I havent seen the pics or vids but 5-7 guys in a field by a party while the girl is mostly out of it (which is what the drug does to you) isnt something that looks "right". But the fact that no one did help her is just sickening.