The point was made in one of these that she was probably even more drunk than reported. (0.24). They did not factor in the saline drip she was getting in their intoxication calculation.
Her blackout of events started at midnight.
Clearly her sister should not have left her at the party.
Her sister had left her to take another drunk ‘no longer able to take care of herself’ And put her in bed to sleep. Clearly she should have also taken her sister at this time.
The ‘victim’ had started of the night with 4 shots of whiskey before she left home for the party. She went there drunk.
She appears to have understated how much additional she drank at the party. She must have gotten close to killing herself with booze that night.
He made three phone calls to her ‘exclusive’ boyfriend that night. Wonderful girl. He had gone to bed early for an interview the next day. She called him at 3-4am his time - three times. The second, he did not answer, was an incoherent 3 minute message on his answering machine. They have not told us what these ‘conversations’ we’re about. It sounds like a serious fight, a relationship ending fight to me.
The boyfriend should have been pretty pissed about her waking him up when he has a job interview he wanted to be well rested for that day. Especially given that she was an incoherent drunk at the time.
Everyone wants to get mad at the judge.
For some reason, the case was in the hands of a probation officer.
The probation officer wrote a report to the court recommending punishment. And lenient punishment at that.
So the entire California system was already setup for a light punishment.
Well, if you consider a lifetime punishment as a registered sex offender ‘light’
http://paloaltoonline.com/media/reports/1465602929.pdf
Plus her mom drove her drunk to the party