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This is very true. Some people do falsely accuse people. They are bullies. However, people do not come out for several years because they can be intimidated or feel like they wouldn't have the support or people wouldn't believe in them. People need to make sure that there is evidence and that they work with the police and law. Some peoples reputations can be destroyed. It is very unfortunate. I am hoping that sometime in the future we will have a better legal system for sorting out the liars and those who tell the truth. We will have to see.Anubisa
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Very few reports are found to be false, and most that are found to be false are considered such because the cops didn't have enough evidence, because the authorities were such @holes that the person changed their mind, because the charges were dropped because the prosecutor decided they couldn't get a conviction, etc.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Originally posted by thalassa View PostVery few reports are found to be false, and most that are found to be false are considered such because the cops didn't have enough evidence, because the authorities were such @holes that the person changed their mind, because the charges were dropped because the prosecutor decided they couldn't get a conviction, etc.
In the Brett Kavanaugh debacle, the prosecutor hired by the Repubs to question Ford and Kavanaugh stated afterward that she would not bring the case against Kavanaugh to court. The "conservative media" is promoting this as evidence that Kavanaugh is innocent. What it actually means, though, is that based on the questioning of the two (Ford/Kavanaugh) there was not enough evidence to make a conviction possible.
It DOES NOT mean that he is innocent of the charges, or that, with further questioning of witnesses (not allowed on the hill, in this case, for some reason) evidence could not be found, or that evidence that Kavanaugh's testimony is questionable in it's candor can not be found, or evidence that he drank to the point of memory loss and doesn't remember his actions could not be found.
It only means that not enough evidence was available at that point to bring charges for a winnable trialEvery moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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it seems to be a lot of spin than truthMAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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It is often difficult to provide enough evidence immediately, much less years later. Often, rape cases go unreported or without prosecution because of this. The trial can be a real ordeal for the victim as well as the accused. A very small percentage of accusations are false, but more go unreported, because reporting is a nightmare in and of itself. I believe it was worse in the 80's. I was a teenager then, and I am quite sure that in the situations alleged of Kavenaugh I would have avoided reporting then due to the consequences of humiliation and social isolation that would have occurred.
The problem with the recent public accusations is that it is very difficult to make a case on an event that happened so long ago, but the consequences of appointing a rapist to the Supreme Court are pretty grim. Also, as the public, we are faced with respecting and supporting someone who in all good faith is the victim of a brutal crime, and acknowledging the rule of law, which means presumption of innocence until proven guilty. I most certainly don't want presumption of innocence to go away. I may have an opinion of my own, acknowledging it is likely flawed due to missing or biased information, but I have to honor the rule of law. I will probably never know what really happened, and neither will you.
It is possible that any one of us could encounter someone who unfairly accuses us of a crime. It is a horrible thing when it happens, and if it can be proved to be an intentionally false accusation it should be punished within the means of the law. It is also an unlikely thing for most people. Most women really aren't holding false rape allegations in their arsenal of weapons in a personal vendetta against men. We just want to be treated as people, and we would really like rape to stop. False accusations harm this goal, and harm people we love.
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Problem is it turned into a political tool by both parties. done mainly from tabletLast edited by anunitu; 03 Oct 2018, 13:41.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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This is very true. When the trial was on, it was on all day. No wonder the mob is stirred up.Anubisa
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A bit late but
makes for an interesting read regarding false rape claims. It covers both their rarity and what they actually tend to look like when they happen. I encourage reading the whole thing but one interesting point is that false charges rarely go far
Originally posted by the articleFurthermore, in the most detailed study ever conducted of sexual assault reports to police, undertaken for the British Home Office in the early 2000s, out of 216 complaints that were classified as false, only 126 had even gotten to the stage where the accuser lodged a formal complaint. Only 39 complainants named a suspect. Only six cases led to an arrest, and only two led to charges being brought before they were ultimately deemed false. (Here, as elsewhere, it has to be assumed that some unknown percentage of the cases classified as false actually involved real rapes; what they don’t involve is countless innocent men’s lives being ruined.)life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
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