Not the Only Ones Given Life Sentences

Unsplash — Toa Leftiba

Prisoners are not the only ones given life sentences.

There are those who were burned repeatedly over weeks by bullies with a hair straightener while in school.

I recall a girl who was raped by more than 44 boys. She had an alcoholic and abusive father. When interrogated at her local police station, her request to speak to a female officer was denied and the male officers had the perpetrators in the same room as her and had her describe what happened to her; one of the officers asked her if each boy, one by one, inserted their c**** in her. She was 15 years old and this occurred in 2003. She was violated by those boys for weeks.

There are many who were verbally and physically chastised for years, even decades.

There are some girls that I remember reading about who were forced into prostitution, made to have sex with multiple men and the money they earned were used to pay for the traffickers living expenses. These traffickers, at times, beat these girls to death and even had other girls beat one girl to death.

There are some who were tricked by those they thought were friendly and were invited to their homes only to be sexually assaulted.

There are many who have been (and certainly still being) spat upon,