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> out of about 90 cases that failed because the victim retracted their statement. That doesn't mean there were only 90 false allegations; it means there were 9
by leereeves 8y ago
> out of about 90 cases that failed because the victim retracted their statement.
That doesn't mean there were only 90 false allegations; it means there were 90 cases in which accusers effectively confessed to making false allegations. It's disturbing that so few of those confessions led to prosecution.
A fair comparison would be: in how many cases did the accused confess to rape, and how many of those were prosecuted? If two out of three confessed rapists were released without punishment, the outrage would be deafening.
- DanBC 8y agoVictim retraction does not mean the allegation is false, and I've already linked to a crown prosecution service document that gives details of a case where the retraction was false, the original allegation was true. We have 150,000 rapes each year; we have 6,000 prosectutions; fewer than 200 collapse because of victim retraction; and we have 35 prosecutions for making a false allegation. > In how many cases did men confess to rape, and how many of those were prosecuted? i: I don't understand what that tells you? and ii: we don't have reliable stats. We can say how many men entered a guilty plea. 2,635 Convictions 1,522 Guilty plea 1,112 Conviction after trial 1 Proved in absence
- leereeves 8y ago> Victim retraction does not mean the allegation is false Not always. Nor does a guilty plea (or even a confession) always mean the accused is guilty. But in either case we have more reason to believe than we usually do. > we don't have reliable stats Indeed. Nor do we have reliable stats about false allegations. So why are you asserting that false allegations are rare, knowing your argument is based on unreliable stats?