Judge Upsets Women's Rights Groups in Germany; Told Girl Raped at 15: "You Could Have Run Away"

A female judge has outraged women's rights groups in Germany after telling a girl who was raped when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl: "You could have run away," the Austrian Times website reports today (September 14, 2012).

Judge Luise Nunning found a 31-year-old convicted thug -- who is now serving three and a half years behind bars for assaulting a girlfriend -- not guilty of raping the girl in Essen, Germany three years ago.

"You did not make it clear that you did not want sex, and you could have run away," she said.

The teenager told the court that the attack happened during a party at the defendant's home. The judge's decision and comments have infuriated women's group leaders in Germany.