'False rape report could have "chilling effect" on victims coming forward'

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2015-05-12 19:54

Article here. Excerpt:

'Two Salisbury men accused of rape and assault are now free after being cleared of those charges.

The woman that initially came forward claiming to have been raped apparently admitted to making up those allegations. She is facing a potential charge of “making a false statement to police” and could receive up to a $500 and/or prison time.

But the fear, is that the damage is already done.

“It’s hard enough for them to come in,” says Lieutenant Brian Swafford with the Fruitland Police Department. “They feel like they're going to be judged or not going to be believed or it's going to be their fault. Sometimes there will be a third party that lets us know and we reach out and try to get their end of the story a lot of times they're reluctant to tell us everything.”
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“This is also a person crying out for help,” he says. “There’s a reason why a person does this, so another interest to the state is trying to get that person some assistance as well.”'

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Gee, aren't they sorta doing the same thing?

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2015-05-13 17:33

Maybe if false claims of rape were actually punished, then women would quit making them.

Which would make it easier for true victims of rape to come forward.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2015-05-13 23:20

yes! el cid! EXACTLY! thank you!!
these women that make the false allegations simply make it harder on the REAL victims of actual rape. (both male and female)
we're told that "women's claims of rape are not taken seriously".

well..., goodness, gracious...! i wonder why that might be..!

and the truth of the matter is that women's claims of rape are taken seriously!
frankly too seriously, otherwise we wouldn't have this epidemic of false rape accusations in the first f***ing place!

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Wed, 2015-05-13 23:52