Scottish Rape Cases May Protect Anonymity Of Accused

	posted by Scott on Thursday February 01, @03:07PM from the false-accusations/civil-liberties dept.
	In another positive false accusations story - AngryHarry submitted this story from the UK Telegraph about the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee's support of creating anonymity for those accused of rape. "The reforms were proposed by George McAulay, the Scottish chairman of the UK Men's Movement. His petition to parliament had sought for men accused of rape to have the same courtroom anonymity as their alleged victims to protect them from 'unjust stigma.'" These two stories should help to renew hope that progress can be made to prevent false accusations and protect those falsely accused.

	Source: The Telegraph [UK newspaper] Title: Anonymity sought for men in Scottish rape cases Author: Nick Britten Date: January 31, 2001

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Rape charges (Score:1) by Trudy W Schuett on Friday February 02, @12:29AM EST (#1) (User #116 Info) In the 60s, it was difficult for a woman to even press charges of rape. The victim had to prove in court why and how she did nothing to invite a sexual act. The names of both accused and alleged victim were public knowledge. This was not a good situation, and kept many real victims from coming forward to accuse their attackers. Today, a woman can accuse a man of almost anyting and the charge will stick. I wonder how many decent guys are in jail today because a woman just didn't like his tie? The pendulum has swung too far to the other side. we've gone from blaming the victim, to celebrating the victim. Whatever happened to 'innocent until proven guilty'? I think that's gone by the wayside. Courts today only want to 'win,' and put as many people in jail as possible. Guys lose again. I can only pray we find a way out of this mess.

Re:Rape charges (Score:1) by BusterB on Friday February 02, @07:16PM EST (#2) (User #94 Info) http://themenscenter.com/busterb/ I have thought for some time that this proposed solution: granting anonymity to the accused as well as the accuser, is a good start. If a woman knows that she cannot ruin a man by a simple accusation—that she will have to drag herself through a long court case and win before his name will be sullied—well, it makes false accusations much less attractive, doesn't it? On the other hand, it doesn't discourage real victims. Real victims don't care whether the attacker's name is published or not: they want to see justice done, not simply get back at someone. Their goal is the conviction, not the publicity. It's not perfect: if the courts are still biased against men then innocent men will still be convicted, but at least it makes lying a less attractive proposition.

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