Should false accusations of rape carry tougher sentences?

Femme_Fatale

Bullseye1 wrote: »

No she was only responsible for taking away four years from is life and bishops name.

And she should be sentenced for the above (and a lot, lot more than two months) not for rape.

Bullseye1

Candie wrote: »

Quoted because it's worth reiterating.

Putting people who've been raped in fear of prison on top of the trauma of the assault will just give would-be rapists another weapon to hurt them with.

Everything has to be judged on it's individual merits.

That is fair enough do you think two months of weekends sufficient for her crime against this man? He loses four years of his life, there will stillbe a cloud over him and you know what they do to rapists in prisons.

Bullseye1

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

And she should be sentenced for the above (and a lot, lot more than two months) not for rape.

Where is anyone saying she should be in prison for rape? She should be in prison and not just weekends

Dubhlinner

Utterly mad story. On one hand I can sympathise with those calling for the girl to get an equal sentence, on the other I doubt she would have come forward if she thought she was facing 4 years behind bars.

Kidchameleon

There should be no punishment for accusations of rape. But if someone is found to have falsely accused a person of rape, he/she should be severely punished.

Femme_Fatale

Bullseye1 wrote: »

She should be in prison and not just weekends

I agree that is a piss-weak, insulting "sentence".

The Big Smoke

Right so despite the posturing, every SANE person agrees there should be longer sentences for false accusations. A lot of people say that people wouldn't come forward and admit the false accusation due to the harsh sentences, I would actually say that it would deter people from doing it in the first place.

Femme_Fatale

I'm not sure what posturing you mean. People who don't subscribe completely to your point of view have explained why - and without defending such behaviour or claiming there should be more leniency towards women.

osarusan

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

And she should be sentenced for the above (and a lot, lot more than two months) not for rape.

Do you think that the fact that a person's false accusation was of rape, rather than say, fraud, should have any bearing on whatever sentence that person gets?

Or is it simply about having wrongly sent someone to prison?

Femme_Fatale

osarusan wrote: »

Do you think that the fact that a person's false accusation was of rape, rather than say, fraud, should have any bearing on whatever sentence that person gets?

Good point. Yes. The severity of the allegation should be taken into account for the sentencing IMO.

Wereghost

In my opinion, if you make up an accusation out of whole cloth then generally speaking you should face your intended victim's intended ordeal. So, yes, tougher punishment. Who gets two months for rape?p