Quote:Yes!  Let's lock up people who make accusations of rape.  That'll surely not further discourage victims of rape from reporting the crime.  They surely won't think "Look at what happened to this girl?  What if there isn't enough evidence?  What if It was my fault?  I better not report it."


Or they will.

 

Not like they really charge people for most false accusations in the first place.  At least not to my knowledge.  My cousin was falsely accused of vandalizing his ex-girlfriends car by his ex-girlfriend who claimed to have witnessed him doing it.  It was an incredibly malicious accusation, and they pretty much proved he didn't do it.  Despite that, his ex faced absolutely no charges.  And now he has that on his permanent record even though he wasn't found guilty!  It seems that they only charge people of false accusations when they are 100% certain that the accusations were 100% false.  And even then it's a grey area.

It's a double edged sword.. If they don't reprimand her, she's just paving the way for every woman to consent to sex and yell rape.. If they do reprimand her, it MAY give women the idea that if they ARE raped, they could see reprimand if no evidence was found..  They at least need to expose her for what she is in this case.. 

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