(09-18-2018, 02:33 PM)Jagwired Wrote: If a citizen calls 911/police and reports false crimes or emergencies it is a crime and they would face legal consequence. If this woman's accusation proves to be a political ploy designed to delay then all involved should face legal consequences. If it proves out Kavanaugh did something then likewise for him. All aspects of this point to a complete sham IMO. If the man cannot be prosecuted for any crimes related to the alleged incident then it is a sham and merely a political tactic that should be a crime and prosecutable against the accuser.

That's a very high bar, though. It's a lot easier to prove that something *did* happen than to prove that it didn't. We have one witness, of questionable quality and trustworthiness, who's said that nothing happened. We have a self-identified victim who says it did. We have an accused assailant who can't really be "trusted" at face value because he's the one accused. There's no smoking gun proof that she's making it up, and short of the accuser saying to someone that she's lying, there's not going to be proof.

Do i think she should be prosecuted if she's lying? Personally, yes. I don't want to live in an America where any man can be destroyed by an unfounded claim of sexual abuse. It would just be a very difficult case to prove, and I don't think any sane prosecutor would touch it. Again, consider the fallout if this accuser ends up with a felony on her record and a credible accuser comes out against Kavanaugh sometime next year. In the current #MeToo culture, any elected official that supported Kavanaugh or pushed for the accuser to be prosecuted is an easy target and likely a lost seat in 2020.

Not saying it's right. Just saying it's reality.

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