Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus...
by michaelt on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @10:37AM
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Perhaps I was too succinct in the point I was trying to make.
The reason we don't punish people for retracting wrongful allegations is because we want people to retract wrongful allegations.
If you're in jail on a false rape claim, you'd rather the accuser went free and you were released; than that you stayed in jail because the accuser didn't want to take your place.
Re:Lawsuit: Sexual harassment ‘victim’ was San Francisco bus...
by qb45 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:47PM
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Of course this needs to be done with care because retraction shouldn't be a reliable get-out-of-jail card if you use false accusations as a normal way of conducting business ;)
The reason we don't punish people for retracting wrongful allegations is because we want people to retract wrongful allegations.
If you're in jail on a false rape claim, you'd rather the accuser went free and you were released; than that you stayed in jail because the accuser didn't want to take your place.