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Prosecutors Request to End Strauss-Kahn Case: Injustice Averted or Justice Perverted?

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It's been a brutal last few months for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund and French presidential hopeful, who was arrested in May on charges that he had sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper.

Prosecutors working against Strauss-Kahn have reportedly dropped their charges due to the alleged victim's credibility, which was called into question when it was discovered she lied about being raped by soldiers in her home country of Guinea.

A judge has formally dismissed Strauss-Kahn's case, but an appeal is expected to be made this week. The accuser's lawyer continues to argue that his client was sexually assaulted, and they still have a lawsuit pending.

Strauss-Kahn issued a statement saying the last few months have been "a nightmare for me and my family. We appreciate his professionalism and that of the people who were involved in that decision ... [And we look forward to] returning to our home and resuming something of a more normal life."

Still, it's been tough to sympathize with the man, though he's denied every one of the charges against him. He was quickly lumped together with men like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anthony Weiner, and Tiger Woods, and that image will be hard to shake.

What this means for his career is uncertain. A presidential run is almost certainly out of the question, and he's already abandoned his post at the IMF.

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  • Rude Richard 2011/08/24 14:03:04 (edited)
    Justice perverted
    Rude Richard
    +5
    He's got too much money to go to jail...He's been doing that kind of crap all he's life and he wont stop now either... money jail crap life

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  • kobidob... Tygear 2011/08/26 02:35:48
    kobidobidog
    The Legal; system is demonic with overcrowded prisons. It teaches no good thing at all. Whoever condemns will be condemned. Jesus does not condemn, but the devil does. support the legal system, and support the devils way of doing things that will pass away when God comes back, and the ones supporting it will be left behind.
  • SKYKING 2011/08/24 15:33:23
    Injustice averted
    SKYKING
    This woman was from Africa How could the police believe her to start with. This was a set up from the start
  • Studied 2011/08/24 15:33:20
    Justice perverted
    Studied
    You should have another choice here. I am torn on this case as the media is bringing forth all the claims of her lies while not reporting how many others this man did the same thing to. The victim in rape cases more often than not ends up being made to look as the guilty person which is the main reason so many rapes go unreported. In this case you are up against one of the most powerful men in todays world. I would expect no less than the bashing of the person that was supposedly raped. I do believe a person must be proven guilty, but this will never go to trail and no decision will be made.
  • Dan Hood 2011/08/24 15:27:57
  • waynelaboy 2011/08/24 15:21:28
    Justice perverted
    waynelaboy
    he's a rapist. 'if' she said that she was raped at home and was not , it's because she wanted to come to america for a better life and look what happenedSHE WAS REALLY RAPED in america. I KNOE, I KNOW MOST IN MAINSTREAM AMERICA SAYS SHE WAS NOT RAPED, BUT I BELIEVE SHE WAS AND YOU MONSTERS WORK TO FREE YOUR EUROPEAN BROTHER. but just look at virginia, and that's not even the tip of the iceberg! JUST BEING HONEST SO DON'T HATE.
  • shindogg waynelaboy 2011/09/21 21:21:40
    shindogg
    ok this is not hate but people dont lie to come somewhere for a better life. they simply get on a jet and fly there (or get on a boat and sail there, whatever), assumin they have the money. if she lied before, she will lie again. once a liar always one. SK probably didnt have sex with her. why a maid when he could easily get somebody else who wont be after his money?
  • waynelaboy shindogg 2011/10/02 11:44:59 (edited)
    waynelaboy
    HE WANTED THE MAID AND HE TRIED TO TAKE HER BECAUSE HE KNEW BEING WHITE HE'D GET AWAY WITH IT. AS FAR AS LYING TO GET TO A BETTER LIFE, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN BE HER A POOR MAID OR A BILLIONAIRE HE'LL TAKE IT IF IT'S ATTRACTIVE. DON'T SEE THIS AS RACISM BUT WE KNEW THAT THEY'D FIND A WAY TO GET HIM OFF. IF IT WERE AN AFRICAN HEAD OF STATE AND A WHITE WOMAN WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD'VE HAPPENED, HONESTLY? AN HONEST NON LYING POLITICIAN, ARE YOU KIDDIN' ME? THERE ARE VEEEEERY FEW. HE WAS DRUNK AND GUILTY. YOU SEE THE FACT THAT "WE" KNEW HE WOULD GET OFF IS JUST PART OF THE MEANING OF IT BEING A BLACK THING THAT YOU WOULD'NT UNDERSTAND. "WE" KNOW AND YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO ADMIT THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT RACE.
  • shindogg waynelaboy 2011/10/03 05:30:27
  • clrose81 2011/08/24 15:20:43
    Injustice averted
    clrose81
    +1
    It was not the crime he was accused of, but it was the removal of him from power. You cannot go from the IMF Chief to becoming the Prime Minister of France and keep all IMF secrets, so as not to jeopardize the French economy!
  • BRUCE 2011/08/24 15:20:09
    Injustice averted
    BRUCE
    deport her he was not a rapist why would he can call escort service allover ny if u got bread
  • RogerCoppock 2011/08/24 15:14:11 (edited)
    Injustice averted
    RogerCoppock
    Caste trumps justice, case closed.


    (I clicked "Justice Perverted." This is yet another case of SodaHead deciding my vote for me.)
  • shindogg RogerCo... 2011/09/21 21:09:46
    shindogg
    funny, sodahead has never decided my vote for me. uhhhh maybe its a conspiracy. *sarcasm*
  • RogerCo... shindogg 2011/09/21 21:25:20
    RogerCoppock
    I wonder if it is because I usually use a Mac. I've never had the problem when I'm on a PC.
  • shindogg RogerCo... 2011/09/21 21:38:23
    shindogg
    could be. macs are prone to cause problems not seen on pcs. i used to use a mac but it was incompatible with a lot of things. of course it bein a OS9 machine didnt help matters any as apple has shifted away from that system.
  • Tom Trojan 2011/08/24 15:13:11
    Injustice averted
    Tom Trojan
    +1
    The prosecutors did not want to go forward with a woman that lacked credibility..... Good for them, but how do you make up for what has happened to this man??

    Call me crazy, but I have always believed in "innocent until PROVEN guilty..."
  • clrose81 Tom Trojan 2011/08/24 15:21:48
    clrose81
    +1
    Hello Tom, It was about removing him from power and they succeeded!
  • Tom Trojan clrose81 2011/08/25 22:04:45
    Tom Trojan
    Agree.... but who is "they"????
  • clrose81 Tom Trojan 2011/09/25 12:45:50
    clrose81
    Where was he to go next! He was to become Prime Minister of France. What he knows about IMF and World Bank policies, the was no way he was to become Prime Minister. "They" is the power structure that can affect change in the world.
  • wallygator64 2011/08/24 15:11:02
    Justice perverted
    wallygator64
    Like the OJ verdict,the guilty go free.
  • kobidob... wallyga... 2011/08/24 15:39:54
    kobidobidog
    Before God all of us are guilty. That is why all of us die. Man chose death willingly ,and humans vocalize why they chose death willingly freely speaking against the one who gave life. For us to condemn a human that dies will automatically condemn the condemners soul to ashes not safe to live in heaven where no one condemns anyone. That is why repenting with a broken, and contrite heart is so important. Devils will not repent.
  • wallyga... kobidob... 2011/08/24 15:45:04
    wallygator64
    Has this knucklehead,DSK repented or at least admitted he did something wrong,more than likely NO!
  • shindogg kobidob... 2011/09/21 21:07:16
    shindogg
    "man chose death willingly" maybe strauss-kahn did, but i sure didnt! i didnt pick to come in this world and i wont get to choose if i die. your generalization of all people is condemnin them the same way as you describe others doin.
  • kobidob... shindogg 2011/09/22 17:42:51
    kobidobidog
    Chose to love all even as Jesus loves all, and chose life, but chose not to, and chose death of your soul. No other animal in the animal kingdom has to do that.That is because they never fell. Chose ye this day who you will serve.
  • shindogg kobidob... 2011/09/23 06:21:19
    shindogg
    animals dont choose because theyre not able to, not because they "never fell" whatever thats supposed to mean. it could be argued that animals dont love each other which is why animals kill each other all the time. animals can get away with nearly any crime that a person would go to jail for. animals steal, kill, rape and destroy plenty and because they dont have souls they cant be sent to hell for their actions. humans only get the raw deal in this world because they have souls. if "we" were like animals in not havin souls, people could do as they please as well. and to love all would mean to expel all the hate in the world and be free from sin as the son of man was which no other person technically can, could or will.
  • kobidob... shindogg 2011/11/25 00:38:40 (edited)
    kobidobidog
    We were like them before sin entered into this world, man did. That is why men give guilt of many kinds. Guilt of being to humans not covered in a man made idol. To fall means to fall from grace. To accept death that the new master offered saying he would give us more, and the more is an illusion. Humans kill knowing what killing is. Our fallen bodies will only accept that supposed more unless we kill it, and devils want to kill all that God made. I can say for a certainty that humans that persecute, and war are void in love. Humans do bad knowing they do bad, but the non human animal has no idea what bad is.
    KJV, Hosea 2:18;And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. Non human animals on the new earth.

    KJV, Isaiah 65:25; 25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. Non human animals on the new earth.

    KJV, Isaiah 11; 6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; an...



















    We were like them before sin entered into this world, man did. That is why men give guilt of many kinds. Guilt of being to humans not covered in a man made idol. To fall means to fall from grace. To accept death that the new master offered saying he would give us more, and the more is an illusion. Humans kill knowing what killing is. Our fallen bodies will only accept that supposed more unless we kill it, and devils want to kill all that God made. I can say for a certainty that humans that persecute, and war are void in love. Humans do bad knowing they do bad, but the non human animal has no idea what bad is.
    KJV, Hosea 2:18;And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. Non human animals on the new earth.

    KJV, Isaiah 65:25; 25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. Non human animals on the new earth.

    KJV, Isaiah 11; 6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

    7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

    8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

    9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

    KJV, Romans 8;19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

    (1)The creature non human animal being delivered from the bondage of
    corruption is given eternal life, an incorruptible body.

    (2) Glorious liberty of the children of God is heaven,

    (3)We accepted vanity willingly, and the non human animals creature unwillingly.

    Four places saying non human animals will be on the new earth. Jesus did not have to die for them because they were already saved.

    God is a consuming fire to the wicked. That is hell to the wicked, and not an ever burning fire pit somewhere. I can go into a lot more detail about this.
    When Jesus is in you you will be perfect safe to live with humans peaceably forever. I can go into more detail about this too.
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  • shindogg kobidob... 2011/11/25 09:46:13
    shindogg
    so animals are free from sin because they lack the conscious mind of a person and if people were never given this, they too would be free of sin as they wouldnt be capable of knowin better. thats what im gettin from that big series of paragraphs i just read.
  • kobidob... shindogg 2012/02/25 07:26:55 (edited)
    kobidobidog
    NO, if the non human animals became like us they would be in a fallen state even as we are. We are the only fallen animal.
    The human with his conscious mind as they say boosts their ego like Lucifer when he fell. That gives them the illuton that they are a god. Satan is in all life because it dies. We are lower than the non human animals because Jesus had to lay his life down for us. We have to humble ourselves like the animals to let his spirit in. The furries of the furries fandom do this. They feel a oneness with the non human animals, and this makes them meek, and lowly allowing the spirit of Jesus to
    come in. zoosexuals have a close connection to the non human animals too. They learned of God in his meek character through the animals that are naked, and unashamed not giving guilt even as God gives no one guilt.
  • shindogg kobidob... 2012/06/18 09:45:02
  • kobidob... shindogg 2012/06/19 21:47:00
    kobidobidog
    Humans are animals scientifically biologically Physiologically Chemically microscopically Having the same cell name in us that is in any animal. The KJV says in Ecclesiastes 3; 18-28 that God wants to remove all doubt saying we have preeminence above a beast equal to a beast wanting to make it know manifest that fact. To think you are not an animal is literally in your head that you think with.That means to think you are not an animal is in the head that you think with. Therefore it is all in your head to think you are not an animal. Yea you are right. Thanks for the spelling correction. We are not, but God needs to be in us. When he is we will one day site on his throne with God in us. One God. Mortality is not wearing clothing to not upset idol worshipers. Morality is not condemning a human for having a type of sex. Mortality is being like Jesus is. Humans are equal to the animals in Gods eyes. One thing they like is mascot uniforms.They are open minded being childlike like Jesus is. They Know all of the parts of the anatomy are not bad, but cruel humans give them guilt wanting them to hide them from young eyes, and don;t use their art as they see fit in cartoons, and other animations.

    You are the oppressing human verse 17 in Isaiah 1 KJV seeking the saccrafic of the zoo...





















    Humans are animals scientifically biologically Physiologically Chemically microscopically Having the same cell name in us that is in any animal. The KJV says in Ecclesiastes 3; 18-28 that God wants to remove all doubt saying we have preeminence above a beast equal to a beast wanting to make it know manifest that fact. To think you are not an animal is literally in your head that you think with.That means to think you are not an animal is in the head that you think with. Therefore it is all in your head to think you are not an animal. Yea you are right. Thanks for the spelling correction. We are not, but God needs to be in us. When he is we will one day site on his throne with God in us. One God. Mortality is not wearing clothing to not upset idol worshipers. Morality is not condemning a human for having a type of sex. Mortality is being like Jesus is. Humans are equal to the animals in Gods eyes. One thing they like is mascot uniforms.They are open minded being childlike like Jesus is. They Know all of the parts of the anatomy are not bad, but cruel humans give them guilt wanting them to hide them from young eyes, and don;t use their art as they see fit in cartoons, and other animations.

    You are the oppressing human verse 17 in Isaiah 1 KJV seeking the saccrafic of the zoosexual verve 10 - 11. Non of it is sex. I dare you to find a mention of any sexual thing to be refrained from to be white as snow, I DARE YOU!
    They are as unashamed as a Adam,and Eve were before humans fell.
    The devil in a human gives guilt because the devil is in them. How can God gives guilt when God is not guilty of doing anything bad at all, Answer me?
    Biblicaly perverted is not any kind of sex.
    All that is what is below has nothing to do with any kind of sex,or nakedness being bad at all. What it is saying is what comes out of the mouth is bad. Your soul is perverted because of what comes out of your mouth.
    Humans that pervert the ways of justice.
    Proverbs 17 :23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
    Humans that pervert the ways of Justice will have deceit. That is not zoosexual sex.
    Proverbs 12 20,Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.
    Humans with Deceit will have a froward mouth are not friendly or affable.
    Those unfriendly humans will be hypocrites wanting to destroy their neighbor with their mouth.
    Proverbs 9An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
    A hypocrite will have a defiled soul giving froward words.
    Matthew 15:11 ,King James Bible
    Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
    A defiled soul; will be abominable. Sex does not come out of the mouth.
    Proverbs 12 22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD.
    and
    Proverbs 3, 32For the froward is abomination to the LORD.
    Proverbs 15 4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
    Proverbs 19 :1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. The Human animal against the zoo is soul foolish waring against the zoo.
    Proverbs 4 24,Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. HMmmmm that's not any kind of sex either.
    Does that help to show that the word pervert has nothing to do with sex, nudity or even with sex another species ?
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  • shindogg kobidob... 2012/07/18 06:37:41
    shindogg
    ok i cant keep goin anymore with this. theres too much for me to read here and im tired of tryin to argue points. this poll has absolutely nothin to with what youre talkin about and i feel like an idiot for even talkin about it in the first place because all it seems that ive done is move it along further instead of bring it to a close so i could stop havin to respond to it. think what you will and believe whatever. peace
  • kobidob... shindogg 2012/07/19 05:26:40 (edited)
    kobidobidog
    Peace is good. Now practice it. To end Strauss-Kahn Case is good. Legal system is bad not being like Christ. To end the case is one of the best things the legal system has done.
  • shindogg kobidob... 2012/10/01 21:15:47
    shindogg
    +1
    it might be good but the world doesnt have much of it right now. im not even sure how to practice peace, bein that ive seen so little of it. of course its good to end the case. the question though is whether real justice is actually served. the legal system has many shortcomin's, none of which regular people can do anything about for the most part. who to end in favor of is what really matters, not that it simply end. at least IMO.
  • kobidob... shindogg 2012/10/01 22:36:05
    kobidobidog
    Peace has to be in you. When people see it say to themselves that Is good I will emulate what they do, but we have is people seeing evil, and think that's what I will do too, and back,and forth it goes with both sides thinking they are right until people make a religion out of it like the Muslims have done, and the military,and legal system which does not go by the name religion, but want the same things for people that the religions wanted for Jesus which were not good to say the least. Real justice by people can never justly served. When I saw you say the legal system has many short comings is when I gave you a point. The KJV is not known even when people have it in their hands with preachers in pulpits preaching. God that made all things that we use, and us will judge all. The person trying to butt in line saying I will usurp Gods place doing what Gods light will do is person with the idiotic devil in them. Because we have people like that we have islamic law with crazed lunatic killing over a movie which is less than nothing. Had we be like Jesus a long time ago Jehad would be a festival of peace not rioting war. People would judge themselves.
  • shindogg kobidob... 2012/10/06 00:52:54
    shindogg
    +1
    well, thats the choices people make & thats all there is to it. regardless of whether any 1 person disagrees or agrees with others & their decisions, views, lifestyle, or anything else doesnt generally have a lastin impact on the world as a whole. so i mainly just do me & say to hell with the rest of world; particularly those i dont know personally & maybe never will.
  • kobidob... shindogg 2012/10/10 00:48:20 (edited)
    kobidobidog
    I wish there was acceptance so a person does not feel like they have to buck the tread to be happy risking to be given the evil eye.hence never being able to truly relax.Perverting Justice is condemning period. How can people read I Will judge sayeth the Lord?

    Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
  • MiMi 2011/08/24 15:09:59
    Injustice averted
    MiMi
    A Rich OLD DIRTY man....who has probably done such as this all of his life....thinking it is ok since he has money to pay his way out of the "crime"....when his life is done, he will be the one who will have his Judgement day...and each and every one....he can NOT get by with trying to BLAME such as this on someone else....so my question is this...did he really RAPE this woman? Only the 2 of them know...just because she lied one time...does NOT mean that she is lying now....perhaps this is a LLL- Life Learned Lesson....ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH...so that you can be believed when something like this takes place....there are all kinds of "wicked people" on this earth...and each will pay for what they have done in an evil way...
  • kobidob... MiMi 2011/08/24 15:41:43
    kobidobidog
    +1
    It is an illuton that sex is dirty. The thoughts of the devil are coming out of you. Judge your self, and be on your way to paradise.
  • shindogg MiMi 2011/09/21 21:03:17
    shindogg
    if she told the truth the first time she wouldnt even be in america probably so this incident with SK bein accused wouldnt have ever took place. she obviously used the rape story to run away from guinea and is lyin again to extort mr strauss-kahn and destroy his rep. typical of poorer people to want revenge on the rich. maids in hotels dont make very much money and she tried to swindle the man just so she could make extra pocket change, probably because he didnt leave her "satisfactory enough" tip. lyin, jealousy and greed are 3 of the biggest sins in the world, all of which this pathetic maid has done. 4 if you count fornication which both may be guilty of in God's eyes.
  • CODE 11 2011/08/24 15:09:52
    Justice perverted
    CODE 11
    This sounds like the old...what do you mean your not paying me?..i"ll fix you..RAPE !!!!
  • BobJessen 2011/08/24 15:01:11
    Injustice averted
    BobJessen
    +1
    Prosecute the House Maid for Lying to the Grand Jury...

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