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OSLO: Lawyer Harald Stabell mean punishments for rape is too strict, which can not be justified in any way.

The high-profile defense attorney believes that rape punishments have become so strict in this country that fewer are convicted, and he believes the penalties for rape may affect how judges are considering the question of guilt.

– Man may have gotten several acquittals in rape cases precisely because it has become so strict laws and penalties. Then you have achieved the opposite of what we wanted, says lawyer Harald Stabell to class struggle.

Table mean punishments for rape is too high and think especially lay judges also may consider it. Minimum penalty for rape is now three years in prison, with a standard time in four years.

– You have such severe penalties that can not be justified in any way, he said.

the statements get union leader Elisabeth Rusdal in Norwegian women and family Association to race.

– I’ve heard a lot like union leader in one of the country’s women’s organizations, but this I think is something of what has made the strongest impression and that has upset me the most, she says and adds:

– Reduced punishment for rape is like committing further abuse of the victim. For it is well so that the length of the criminal says something about society’s viewpoint on the action’s severity.

– Ille for young people

In July, three men were acquitted in the Court of Appeal for gang rape. The incident, in which the three men gave a potentially lethal dose of the drug MDMA to a 17-year-old girl and then have sex with her, happened in Hemsedal in 2014.

The acquittal has aroused strong reactions. Four of the seven judges would judge men, but a conviction requires a majority of five out of seven judges. The three professional judges would judge the three men, but three of the four lay judges believe that there was not sufficient evidence.

– In cases where there is talk of young people, drugs and whether they have the opposite taking action, can lay judges think that it will be very bad for the young man to start adulthood with four years in prison for rape. The penalty can be a factor in the assessment of guilt, think chart.

– stigmatized

– I do not disagree that imprisonment can destroy a young person’s life but it can actually also a rape. Should be taken Stabell seriously, it means that rape is not so serious if the victim of alcohol, says Rusdal.

Federal manager thinks Stabells statements joins a frightening number and increasing takes the word that when a woman is raped, she can thank themselves.

– she has either stayed the wrong place at the wrong time, had the wrong outfit or ingested drugs. Such an attitude is stigmatizing, can almost accept abuse and move the whole responsibility on the victim. This helps to increase the burden for those who have been subjected to abuse, says Rusdal.