Massachusetts - A Rapist's Best Friend

If anyone can come up with a compelling reason why this worthless piece of shit shouldn't be locked up for the rest of his life (or treated to a small-caliber slug behind the ear during "questioning"), I'm listening.

A twice-convicted rapist, who a jury refused to keep locked up, is accused of kidnapping a teenage girl in Framingham and gang-raping her with three other men.

Authorities say the 18-year-old girl was grabbed in front of an apartment complex and driven to a nearby town where the men took turns raping her.

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Davila was first convicted of rape in 1995 as a 15-year-old, Hettinger said. He was put under the supervision of the state Department of Youth Services.

"In 1998, he was at home, still under the supervision of DYS, and he committed another rape," Hettinger said.

According to published reports, Davila, then a 17-year-old high schooler, grabbed a 19-year-old woman as she walked by, dragged her into a bar parking lot in Framingham and raped her.

Davila served more than two years in prison for that crime. Prosecutors attempted to have Davila civilly committed, but failed, Hettinger said.

"Mr. Davila was released by the jury," said Hettinger.

Looks like they took that whole "jury of one's peers" thing quite literally and empaneled a bunch of like-minded, rapist-sympathizing derelicts to fill the twelve seats.

"He was not found to be a sexually dangerous person."

Yeah, it's not like he had raped three women...yet.

Davila is also a registered sex offender, but the Sex Offender Registry Board has not designated what level he is yet.

Well, seeing as the scale only goes up to "Level 3" at the moment, I'd say this isn't too tough a call to make now.

But, remember, it's the high cost of housing that's driving people out of Massachusetts, the only state to experience a decrease in population, per the latest census reports.

"Officials" said so.