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In reply to the discussion: Any Garland Defenders Watching Rachel [View all]dsc
(53,221 posts)8. I don't have any inside info but I have to say that
        there would be two big problems with the case, that may, or may not, have been insurmountable. One is that the victim was 17 which means that in many states his conduct would be legal (though not in FL). The second problem is that all the witnesses were people who had done illegal acts. I still think a case should have been brought but it was hardly a slam dunk, especially if the jury pool would have been largely his constituents.
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