Molestation victim going to jail for contempt?

[thekid65]

A rape support group has reacted with fury after a judge in Nebraska threatened to send an alleged sexual assault victim to jail if she doesn't testify.

Victim advocates said the decision could backfire and discourage other women from reporting rape and sexual assault.

The 24-year-old woman, from Kansas, is appealing against the contempt order, saying that testifying about the sexual abuse she endured as a child would cause her deep humiliation.
In his ruling, Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt said the charges against her alleged attacker hinge on the woman's testimony.
But president and founder of the Rape, Abuse And Incest National Network (RAINN), Scott Berkowitz, said the judge's actions will make the criminal justice system even more daunting to rape victims who are already reluctant to report assaults.
Mr Berkowitz said: 'It's very rare for a judge to hold a victim in contempt and it's counter-productive.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...stify.html


My opinion:

This gal has the duty to testify...simple as that, as if nothing else, it could prevent this perverted fuckstick from doing this to another child. However, there's no way in hell she should be facing the possibility of a contempt charge/jail time. She should realize that there is no shame, nor could anyone with a sane mind possibly look down on her because she was molested as a child. While she may not want to re-live the terrible things that happened to her as an 8 year old, she simply has to realize that this asshat needs to be convicted, and most importantly, she can potentially stop this from happening again.