Been through that(rape by a very close so-called-friend that did anything for me and my kids), and in my opinion, I don't think police take rape serious enough, when there is no killing or stabbing or shooting involved..it's more of a he-she said thing to them, and ppl judge a rape victim more as if she the predator and not the victim, and they treat the predator more as the victim and not the predator..but yet I stand my ground and still live next door(just don't go outside much at all) but he won't run me off from my childhood neighborhood, nor stop me from telling others what he did...I just Pray to forgive him, and pray he doesn't try it again, because next time if giving a chance to run-a-way after he rapes..I will run for a weapon to kill him, not run out the front door for help instead..(I have also sat back and watched him get beat-down/knocked -out more times since then by ppl around here than he would have in jail, but yet my prayers have worked because he was now told he has throat cancer a few weeks ago..God is Karma)but I try my best NOT to rejoice and be glad about his illness...which is hard, but with Prayer and sorrow God won't let me rejoice and to me that's a good thing, because no matter what I do in life I wouldn't want anyone to rejoice about my sickness if I were him, but then again I wouldn't betray someone's trust like he did just to take sex from them.

If you shoot a Congress woman you get life without parole. In Arkansas you can murder someone and you will be out in a few years!

Strong lady, good for her! 18 years? Seriously? And how much of that will he serve before the parole board let's him out? And when he gets out, he'll probably do it again. Hang him now; he won't escape that, and he won't hurt anymore women.