[angkor]

This admirable, brave young lady ...

"Phan" is a Vietnamese surname.

From another story:

"I never hesitated to go to the police because I knew I didn't do anything wrong,'' Phan said. "What got to me most was that he said he had done this before and would do it again. I had to make sure he didn't.''

[snip]

"When he was doing what he did to me, he thought he had control,'' Phan said. "But I control his life now. He humiliated himself, his whole family. He has ruined his whole life. At the sentencing, I can tell the judge everything I think should happen to him. Rape is about control, and now I'm the one in control.''

[lafroste]

I would like to know what pressures, if any, this young lady was subjected to in order to "begin the healing process", or otherwise play along with the establishment protocols that would have allowed ole' woosey's letter to get the perp off. One thing libs seem to forget: revenge is a basic human emotion. Even if they trained it out of a bunch of mush heads over the last thirty years, it will come roaring back. In the case of this story's victim, her culturally diverse upbringing exacts revenge for grevious wounds (unlike the arabs who exact grevious revenge for imaginary or trivial wounds)
She wants the perp destroyed and is willing to go that extra mile to accomplish that goal. Good for her. I bet she will make a very loyal mate, assuming her chosen shows that he deserves her loyalty.

[NYCVirago]

"Phan" is a Vietnamese surname.

So, Woolsey not only defends violence against women, she defends hate crimes too? You know it this were a Republican, that's how the media would frame this.