It was RAPE. Period. End of story.
And to make it simple for you -- it's about how to avoid rape ... which is much preferable than trying to get someone convicted after the fact, as we can well see, from this story.
You know the saying, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure... and in this case there's no cure available. So, all you have is the prevention aspect of it.
You wrote:
“And to make it simple for you — it’s about how to avoid rape ...”
No. The men are rapists not “avoid rapists”. Rapists are rapists because they rape, not because teenagers get drunk. If no one committed rape, then this girl woul dnever have been raped no matter how drunk she was.
If you leave your back door unlocked and a murderer gains easy access to your house and murders you, then the issue is not you leaving the door unlocked.
“...which is much preferable than trying to get someone convicted after the fact, as we can well see, from this story.”
They were guilty. They are rapists. They were tried for rape, not for the girl getting herself drunk.
“You know the saying, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure... and in this case there’s no cure available. So, all you have is the prevention aspect of it.”
And rapists still rape. The issue is rape. The trial was about rape. The crime is about rape. They are rapists. And you’re practically making excuses for them.