A 17-year-old girl went to police at the urging of her friends after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including her boyfriend. The men testified that the act was consensual. After reviewing all the information and statements, prosecutors decided they didn’t think they could prove a rape allegation, and so declined to prosecute the case.
Instead, they prosecuted the victim for filing a false police report. Yesterday, she was found guilty.
The victim has never recanted her story. Instead, the decision was based on the judge’s opinion that the three men were more credible, in part because a police detective and the victim’s friends testified she did not “act traumatized” in the days after the incident.
We call this the "second rape": the humiliations visited upon rape victims by "the system" when they come forward. No wonder so few do.
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Clearly you don't understand that an accusation is not a conviction. The victims here are the boys that were falsely accused of rape. Just because you feel guilty the next day doesn't mean you can claim rape to alleviate yourself of the responsibility of making a dumb choice the night before. Look at the damage a simple accusation did to the duke lacrosse team, who ended up being innocent.
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