about the therapy they’ve had, how they’ve talked it through, how they’ve come to terms with what they did. And running through it all, bubbling away beneath the surface, you hear the self-justifying snivel of the unrepentant rapist. They think, by doing time, they’ve done their penance to society. Except they didn’t victimise society. Not all of it. Not the bit that matters. They didn’t do their damage to society. They haven’t made society too scared to walk the streets. It’s not society they’ve scarred. If you hear them say they’re sorry, don’t believe it. They’re never sorry, and it
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