Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus...
by int_19h on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:05AM
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> You could also bet that actual rape victims would not come forward. Why the would they, if they could end up in jail, if the case against their rapist falls apart for any one of a million reasons.
OP was saying that you should go to jail if you manufacture a rape accusation, and that is proven to the usual standards of the criminal trial (i.e. "beyond a reasonable doubt"), not if the case against rapist falls apart for any random reason.
Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus...
by devnonymous on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @02:30AM
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>> A problem can be serious without being wide-spread
> Rape and sexual harassment are problems that are both serious, and incredibly wide-spread
Are you being intentionally obtuse or just didn't read the comment before replying? Giving you the benefit of doubt in case you were wondering about the down votes, the parent was talking about false claims of rape/harassment being less widespread.
Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus...
by hdhdbebbbdhdvd on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:23AM
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Yes, rape and sexual harassment are serious problems, and false accusations of these crimes, in particular, where forensic evidence is rare, literally increases the number of rapes by allowing rapists to avoid jail.
Rape and sexual harassment are problems that are both serious, and incredibly wide-spread. They are also under-reported and under-prosecuted, and even when they are, well, that young gentleman is such a good athlete, and has such a bright future, we can't destroy his life over something minor like that.
You could also bet that actual rape victims would not come forward. Why the would they, if they could end up in jail, if the case against their rapist falls apart for any one of a million reasons.