The article that I chose was from the Boston Herald and was about a driver for an adult day care center who went to the police and told them that he had molested six elderly woman who were patients at the company that he drove for. Most of his victims had alzheimer's, which is a disease that affects your memory, but they had begun showing signs of anxiety when it came time to ride in the van. He explained that he would wait until he was alone in the van with each victim and then molest her. However, he pleaded not guilty on 10 counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 60. The driver was released but has to wear a gps device, continue counseling at a veterans hospital and stay away from the company that he was driving for.His wife
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This article is different from a lot of other articles regarding sexual offenses. It does not list the drivers achievements or hold him in high regards like was the case in many articles regarding the Brock Turner trial. However,this might have been because of his age. He is an older man so his “adolescence” couldn’t be used as an excuse to say that he “didn’t know any better”. Although the article mentions that he had been a victim of sexual abuse himself, it does not say that his sexual abuse was the cause of why he abused these women. The article did not attempt to evoke any sympathy for the perpetrator like is common in sexual offenses. There was no victim blaming but this is also because the women were perpetually defenseless and it would have been incredibly hard to paint them in any other light. It would’ve also been difficult to say he was falsely accused, which is what happens in a lot of sex crimes, because he was the one who turned himself in. The fact that it was a news article from a reputable source makes the story more credible. The article lets the readers read all of the facts for themselves at their own speed, unlike if they had heard it on a podcast or watched it on the news where they could have misheard a key part of the story. Or, the podcast or news station could have sped through the story to leave time for other segments and left things out, and with a news article this doesn’t
This article is different from a lot of other articles regarding sexual offenses. It does not list the drivers achievements or hold him in high regards like was the case in many articles regarding the Brock Turner trial. However,this might have been because of his age. He is an older man so his “adolescence” couldn’t be used as an excuse to say that he “didn’t know any better”. Although the article mentions that he had been a victim of sexual abuse himself, it does not say that his sexual abuse was the cause of why he abused these women. The article did not attempt to evoke any sympathy for the perpetrator like is common in sexual offenses. There was no victim blaming but this is also because the women were perpetually defenseless and it would have been incredibly hard to paint them in any other light. It would’ve also been difficult to say he was falsely accused, which is what happens in a lot of sex crimes, because he was the one who turned himself in. The fact that it was a news article from a reputable source makes the story more credible. The article lets the readers read all of the facts for themselves at their own speed, unlike if they had heard it on a podcast or watched it on the news where they could have misheard a key part of the story. Or, the podcast or news station could have sped through the story to leave time for other segments and left things out, and with a news article this doesn’t