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Friday, March 25, 2011

It is critical that false rape accusers be prosecuted, even if it means that some will refuse to recant

It is critical that false rape accusers be prosecuted, even if it means that some will refuse to recant


We received a note from a reader asking our opinion about the matter referenced in the title of this post. We've opined on this matter previously, but it is well to revisit it.

It is my belief that it is critical to prosecute false rape claims. The fact that questions such as this are even raised only underscores that our justice system has serious systemic problems that will only be exacerbated by granting rape liars de facto immunity for their crimes.

Relying on rape recantations to spare men and boys from incarceration for false rape claims is a snare and a delusion. It is, in fact, likely that adopting a policy of not punishing rape liars will have the effect of reducing recantations.  Why is that?

A rape liar makes a false claim to fulfill a personal need -- often to give her a handy excuse, to exact revenge, or to gain attention.  The rape liar is unlikely to drop the lie unless she believes that doing so will fulfill an even greater, more pressing, personal need than the one that prompted the lie in the first place.  Most rape lies are recanted due to the belief that the lie is likely to be exposed and that the liar will be punished more severely if she refuses to admit it.

In point of fact, rape recantations typically occur only after police have found a hole, often a gaping hole, in the accuser's story and there is little likelihood that the case will go to trial anyway, much less result in a conviction. Police officers apprise the accuser that they've found a video, a witness, or some other evidence, and that her story doesn't add up. That is often enough to get her to recant.  But the reason many, if not most, recant is due to the fear that their punishment will be more severe if they don't. If the fear of punishment were removed, it is unlikely that many would recant.

More fundamentally, for every other criminal act, our criminal justice system values the concept of deterrence. Would-be false accusers will not be deterred unless they know they face serious consequences. Without this deterrence, what is to stop many more women and girls from manufacturing rape lies?

Even posing the question about whether false accusers should be punished is troubling. It acknowledges that our current system is deeply flawed because it allows wrongful arrests and even convictions following false rape claims in numbers too significant to ignore.

Instead of advocating to grant women and girls carte blanche to lie about rape, wouldn't our time be better spent advocating to fix the underlying problem? Specifically, the problem is that we permit the presumptively innocent, who too often turn out to have been falsely accused, to be arrested and jailed on uncorroborated, even far-fetched claims, and often before an investigation has been conducted, much less concluded.

An innocent man or boy should not need to depend on a false accuser's whim to decide whether she will, in her sole and unilateral discretion, free him from his false rape hell by recanting. For what other crime would we even suggest with a straight face that the perpetrator should be given the right to decide, without fear of punishment, whether his victim continues to suffer for the harm he caused?  In the case of a false rape claim, the rape accuser has proven herself untrustworthy by telling the lie in the first place. She is the last person whose goodwill the falsely accused should be forced to depend on. And, as noted above, without the threat of even greater punishment for not recanting, most rape liars likely would not recant.

False accusers need to know before they lie that the punishment for a false rape claim will be severe. The problem today is not that we are discouraging recantations by prosecuting false accusers. The problem today is that we are tacitly encouraging false rape claims by not prosecuting enough false accusers, and by sentencing the ones we do prosecute too leniently.

At FRS, we advocate a sliding scale: for early recantations, before a male has been arrested, the false accuser should be treated more leniently. Recantations should be rewarded, but they should never be a "get out of jail free" card.  The longer the lie is permitted to go unrecanted, the greater the punishment needs to be.

Far too many falsely accused men and boys have sat in prison cells and suffered the atrocities of incarceration waiting in vain for a recantation that never was uttered. It's time we stop depending on the goodwill of rape liars by hoping that they will show mercy to the innocent men and boys whose lives they've already destroyed.

Finally, consider this. A 16-year-old boy named Maoloud Baby once was convicted of raping an 18-year-old woman in the back of her car. The woman testified that she told Maoloud he could have sex with her if he stopped when she told him to, but she claimed that when she yelled for him to stop, he continued for five to 10 seconds. He did not ejaculate but withdrew. He and his the woman drove to a McDonalds, they hugged, she gave him her phone number, and he left. Maoloud was convicted of first degree rape and other offenses for delaying withdrawal for as little as five seconds, by the woman's own admission.

If we are willing to incarcerate a teenage boy for a five second delay, doesn't a woman deserve some punishment if she allows a man or boy to rot in a prison cell for a day -- a week -- a month -- a year -- or many years -- because she cared so little about his life that she had him arrested over a lie?  The question scarcely survives its statement.

Monday, March 14, 2011

HOPE SHE GOES TO JAIL!!!!

College Woman: False Rape Case 'Helps You Realize that you Always Need to be on Edge' -- About Rape

by FRS on Monday, 14 March 2011 at 00:00
As you read the news story below, which is an update to the second story we reported here, notice the reaction of the college woman to news that a fifteen year old girl made a false rape claim:  (1) It must have been a cry for help; and (2) It's a reminder that we must always be on guard about rape (not false rape claims).

That reaction is typical, and it is a manifestation of the "rape culture" we live in -- where rape is not rampant but rape hysteria is.  It's the hysteria that keeps funding the sexual grievance industry.

The proper reaction to news of this false claim is this: (1) The girl should be severely punished for her vile lie to deter other false accusers; and (2) This should serve as a reminder to men and boys to always be on the watch for false rape claims.

Here is the news story:

Update: Conway teen who made up rape story could face charges

Conway, Ark. (KTHV) -- Brooke Harton is one of the thousands of UCA students that got an e-mail alert Saturday about a teen rape near campus.
 
She says, "It's scary; you're like, 'Man, someone got sexually assaulted.'"
 
The teenage girl was home alone just a few blocks away from UCA. The security alarm went off and the girl went to check it out.
 
Latresha Woodruff with Conway Police says, "Her story was, there was this person ransacking the house and eventually that person raped her."
 
The teen went to the hospital for a rape kit. Police stepped up neighborhood patrols and conducted interviews.
 
Woodruff explains, "People were frankly scared, thinking some rapist is on the loose and police have no idea who this person is."
 
About 72 hours later, there was a break.
 
Woodruff says, "She did, after sometime, admit she wasn't telling the truth."
 
Several detectives worked the case, forcing other cases to the backburner. That's hundreds of hours of man power and hundreds of dollars now gone.
 
But Woodruff says filing a false report doesn't happen often. From January 2009 to December 2010 Conway police had at least 12.
 
"In the end you could be held responsible for making a false police report and having these investigators looking into something that you already knew was untrue," Woodruff says.
 
As for UCA sophomore Harton, "It's like a cry for attention I guess," she explains.
 
Still, Harton is thankful for the campus alerts because next time it might be for real.
 
Harton says, "It helps you realize that you always need to be on edge. Always watch for yourself, walk with somebody, carry a cell phone, and just take care of yourself."
 
Detectives are still trying to figure out why the girl made the story up. The case has been turned over to the Faulkner County Prosecutor for review. Filing a false rape report carries a fine of up to $10,000 and six years in jail.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

WELL! FINALLY! THE STALKER AND HER MOUTHPIECE HAVE STOPPED TRYING TO POST . IT TOOK ALMOST A WEEK  FOR THEM TO REALISE THAT I AM MODERATING THE COMMENTS!!!!,  ROFPMSL
ONLY THEIR COMMENTS!!!

Monday, March 7, 2011

WILL BE HOME SOON. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MY WONDERFUL SISTER AND HER FABULOUS HUSBAND. 
EVERYONE IN THE DYKE  IS VERY CARING AND SUPPORTIVE  I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECONNECTING.
LOVE YOU ALL. XXXXX

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Just goes to show. NEWSPAPERS...PPPPHHHT!!!

Charlie Sheen 47, is all over the news because he's a celebrity drug addict. While David R Fahey 23, Krisopther Gould 25, Andrew Wilfahrt 31, Brian Tabada 21, Rudolph Hizon 22, Chauncy Mays 25 are all soldiers who gave their lives this week with no media mention. I'm honouring THEM by posting this status

Friday, March 4, 2011

MY FAMILY IN ENGLAND

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY WONDERFUL FAMILY IN ENGLAND FOR ALWAYS SENDING US THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT. IT IS GREAT TO JUST KNOW THAT THEY CARE.
WE LOVE YOU ALL.
XXXXXXXXXX

Thursday, March 3, 2011

MARCH 3RD

TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER. I HOPE SHE IS RESTING IN PEACE,
EVEN THO HER ASHES ARE NOT WHERE SHE WANTED. THE TWO EVIL ONES WHO REFUSED HER WISHES WILL ROT IN HELL SOMEDAY!!
R.I.P. MOM, WE WILL PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE, LOVE YOU.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

FALSE RAPE SOCIETY

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Woman charged with making false complaint to Sex Crimes Squad
Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged a woman after she allegedly made a false complaint to police in September last year.


Just after 11am today, police issued a 22-year-old woman with a Future Court Attendance Notice in relation to charges including public mischief and three counts of making a false statement.

The charges relate to extensive investigations conducted by police into an alleged home invasion and sexual assault at a home in Croydon on Saturday 25 September, 2010.

The investigation also related to reports of an assault on a child also inside the home, aged 3-months at the time.

Sex Crimes Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said, “The NSW Police Force takes very seriously all reports of sexual assault and all matters are investigated thoroughly.

“It is however, a waste of police resources and time when false reports are made to police by members of the public.

“Extensive resources and police time were dedicated to investigating this claim.

“While police encourage all victims to report incidents of sexual assault, false reports are a waste of police resources and time and detract from the ability of police to investigate legitimate claims,” Supt Kerlatec said.

Strike Force Shephard comprises detectives from the State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad and was established to investigate the allegations.