被判有罪的强奸犯Joel Russo没有提出上诉,要求减少2019年袭击一名慢跑运动员的20年刑期。 Convicted rapist Joel Russo fails appeal to reduce 20-year sentence for attacking a jogger in 2019.

乔尔·鲁索(Joel Russo)是一名30岁被定罪的强奸犯,他于2019年袭击了墨尔本梅里溪小道上的一个慢跑者,但他要求减刑20年的上诉未获成功。 Joel Russo, a 30-year-old convicted rapist who attacked a jogger on Melbourne's Merri Creek Trail in 2019, failed in his appeal to reduce his 20-year sentence. 上诉法官认为他的行为是近40年来他们所见到的最糟糕的行为之一, 并强调需要保护妇女免受“非常重要的”危险。 The appeal judges deemed his actions among the worst they've seen in nearly 40 years and emphasized the need to protect women from his "very significant" danger. Russo辩称,他的麻烦背景没有得到充分考虑,但法院维持原判决,指出对受害人的严重影响。 Russo had argued that his troubled background was not adequately considered, but the court upheld the original sentence, noting the severe impact on the victim.