The protests occurred after five men accused of gang-raping an intoxicated 14-year-old girl were sentenced to 10 to 12 years behind bars. The outrage was not so much over the length of the prison terms as over the court’s decision to convict them of the lesser crime of sexual abuse instead of sexual assault or rape. The initial verdict found the defendants guilty of sexual abuse because the judges saw no intimidation in the way the men cornered the victim in a lonely hallway. AdvertisementBut that was overruled earlier this year by Spain’s Supreme court following a wave of street protests. In addition to being sent to prison, the men were fined a total of $13,300.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 04, 2019 22:30 UTC