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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by Banthum on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @06:23AM (#14854981)
>no one should ever have to worry about the consequences of reporting a crime

The rub is, they should have to worry about the consequences, if they're making a bad-faith false report. They should have to worry a lot, because they themselves are committing a wrong by reporting a false crime in such a way.

It's an incredibly hard problem, though.

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Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus... by nopatternhere on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:03AM (#14855428)
> because they themselves are committing a wrong

I think you mean crime, not wrong.

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