here's what i see.
if rape was anti-town, usually the mod would keep the identity of the quickhammerer a secret in order to balance it. The fact that the mod gave away his name in the votes makes me think he's a townie because it would not impact the game to know it was him.
it's just common mod courtesy to keep a mafia quickhammerer identity a secret...
so as far as i know? rape SHOULD be confirmed town...
blade could have just fucked up, but im pretty sure my reasoning is right if that wasn't the case