(May 19, 2013 at 10:51 am)Tiberius Wrote: One would hope that justice is carried out properly in these situations, and it isn't just based on an accusation. I mean, anyone can make a rape claim against an ex, but we don't stop having sex with people just because one day they may turn around and claim it was a rape. No, we rely on the justice system to get it right and not take an accusation as proof.
Ehhh...I dunno, one rather disturbing trend I've noticed is to see judges, especially female judges, get too personally involved with cases involving claims of rape. I read a story a few months ago, in fact, of a guy who was accused of rape and was convicted but three years later it turned out the guy hadn't raped her at all. She kept dating guys and each time afterwards she broke up with them she claimed they raped her. It took three more trials before the court wised up and realized she was being a spiteful sociopath; four cases where the judges basically made up their minds almost instantly without giving the defense a chance.
Even judges are just human, and just like any other human they can be prone to giving in to feelings of emotional bias. The first assumption when someone hears a girl say "I was raped" is that they genuinely were raped, and for good reason; who would lie about that shit? Well, unfortunately, quite a few very disturbed individuals will, playing off peoples' naturally strong feelings on the subject to manipulate them and those they wish to manipulate, and innocent men go to jail over it.
I'm not saying rape laws and statutory rape laws are bad, I just think the judges need to be more impartial sometimes, is all.
