Woman, 31, falsely claimed two men broke into her house and raped her

You're actually content with the punishment and if you had your way, she wouldn't be "punished" at all



Your whole argument is essentially that we should selectively apply justice......... you're incredibly sexist and biased. You actually want to take this experience to raise awareness about rape rather than raising awareness of how false accusations not only erode the seriousness of rape claims but also the terrible impact it has on the defendants' lives.

I seriously worry for any man that ever gets involved with you tbh.

Yes, but my point is that false accusations are extremely rare. Rape is not.

Pick the most OTT example, why don't you And yes, I think all people should be given the chance to be rehabilitated, it's been proven in places like Norway that rehabilitation is far more productive for society than locking up all criminals forever (or murdering them, which you are apparently in favour of)

You said all crimes, Genocide is a crime, so how exactly would you rehabilitate Hitler, Or Stalin, or Idi Amin or Pol Pott?

They're all dead, so they can't be rehabilitated

They're all dead, so they can't be rehabilitated

The issue with using 'who would rape her?' as an insult is that a lot of victims are made to feel that way. If we allow people to think that only 'attractive' people get raped, we risk rape victims fearing that they won't be believed because they don't fit into society's beauty ideal. We shouldn't be making it any harder for rape victims to come forward, so comments like that need to be challenged.

No, how is it sexist to point out that false accusations are far rarer than people think? I posted an article which contains statistics. Those are facts, not sexist claims. Christ on a bike.

I'm sorry but how is that relevant? Just because a crime isn't particularly common, doesn't mean the punishment for it should be slack. Your attitude to this is disgusting. You care more about rape victims then the men in this article whose lives could have easily been destroyed. I wonder if you would change your attitude if you were a victim of false allegations as opposed to a victim of rape

I'm sorry to suddenly enter the conversation, but the bit I've bolded is quite disturbing to me. Are you seriously suggesting that caring more about people who have actually been raped than people who have been falsely accused of it is disgusting? These men have had a rotten time, I'm not doubting that, but they have been proved innocent by a court and will have no criminal convictions, and people will be unlikely to hold this against them in the future. False allegations are a travesty, yes, but suggesting that caring more about the actual victims of the one of the most horrific crimes you can experience than the (very few) who are falsely accused of committing it is 'disgusting' is really quite concerning.

If you just put her in jail, they would say it's going to put off women reporting rape. ****ing stupid how she can get away with it.

No, but it's disgusting to turn this entire thread into a discussion about victims of rape and ignore the story/issue at hand as though this isn't important.
And, like Edithwashere, you've mentioned that very few people are falsey accused - what has that gotto do with anything The fact that it's rare has no bearing on the seriousness of it.

The rarity of false rape allegations has everything to do with it. At the end of the day, these men are going to be fine. Their name has been cleared and they are free to continue to live their lives as normal. Massively hyping one case of a false rape allegation does absolutely nothing to solve the actual problem in society, which is rape itself. Anybody who is suggesting the same sentence for this woman as an actual rapist would get - or capital punishment - is missing the point that falsely accusing someone of committing a crime IS NOT THE SAME as actually committing that crime. Furthermore, the fact that it happens so rarely is another reason why giving her the same sentence as a rapist to act as a deterrent is virtually pointless: you have to be seriously mentally disturbed to do this to a person, and one women getting a harsh prison sentence for doing it is not going to put another one off. Look how well the death sentence is working as a deterrent in Texas et al.

only fair she never got jail.

If she did women everywhere who were raped would be scare 2 come forward incase they get accused so lieing and then risk jail for getting raped themselves.

The rarity of false rape allegations has everything to do with it. At the end of the day, these men are going to be fine. Their name has been cleared and they are free to continue to live their lives as normal. Massively hyping one case of a false rape allegation does absolutely nothing to solve the actual problem in society, which is rape itself. Anybody who is suggesting the same sentence for this woman as an actual rapist would get - or capital punishment - is missing the point that falsely accusing someone of committing a crime IS NOT THE SAME as actually committing that crime. Furthermore, the fact that it happens so rarely is another reason why giving her the same sentence as a rapist to act as a deterrent is virtually pointless: you have to be seriously mentally disturbed to do this to a person, and one women getting a harsh prison sentence for doing it is not going to put another one off. Look how well the death sentence is working as a deterrent in Texas et al.