So, you think your boyfriend should pay you more attention?

[s_stabeler]

I hope the judge did impose as much as he could- On thye other ahnd, I'm a proponent of the punishment for knowingly falsely reporting a crime being identical to the sentance for the crime. (I've bolded knowlingly, because I mean situation like this, where the person is acting maliciously. if the accuser has a good-faith belief there was a crime, then there should be no punishment.)

[draco664]

There aren't any laws that assign imprisonment for false claims of rape - there's no way to tie the action to the punishment. I suspect that what the judge gave her was at the very limits of what he/she could legally impose.

Wrong.

This woman (also in the UK) was jailed for 16 months for falsely accusing a man of rape.

Of course, she had accused men of raping her *ten* times before. So what it says is that you can ruin the lives of ten men, but the eleventh one is the one that you go to jail for.

The next time someone complains of the gender pay gap, I'm pointing out the gender sentencing gap.

[Andara Bledin]

The next time someone complains of the gender pay gap, I'm pointing out the gender sentencing gap.

Mm-hmm.... Because that's totally equitable.

[smileyeagle1021]

Mm-hmm.... Because that's totally equitable.

Hate to say it, but it is. I support equality for women, but hate to say it, if you want equal treatment, you should have it in everything.
The pay gap is inexcusable and so is the sentencing gap. You know that if a man were to falsely accuse a woman of sexual harrasment that they will get the book thrown at them for filing a false report and the woman will have barely a pencil mark in her record... a woman falsely accuses a man of rape and she gets a slap on the wrist whilst the man's life is ruined, like he might as well kill himself and hope for reincarnation.

[Pixilated]

My thoughts about the fate I wish for this woman would almost certainly get me banned, so all I will say is she is beneath contempt and I hope her boyfriend dumps her on their next anniversary, with no warning whatsoever.

And yes, she does deserve much more punishment than she got for the demolition job she did on those guys' lives. I don't give a damn what her excuses were or the sob story she's no doubt got drawn up about what a hard life she's had.

[gremcint]

200 hours of community service? For a false claim of rape, she should have gone to prison.

no for 2 false claims of rape.

[HYHYBT]

Proof of rape is hard enough; proof of *lack* of rape, much less proof that the purported victim knows there was no rape, is going to be impossible in most cases.

If it can be proven, though, the accused should sue her off the map.

[lordlundar]

If it can be proven, though, the accused should sue her off the map.

Know what's funny? Results of a criminal trial are admissible in civil court hearings and oh look! She was found guilty.

[s_stabeler]

indeed, the criminal judgement is actualyl all the evidence you need to prove liability- you may need to provide extra evidence to prove how much thye are liable for.

[Skelly]

200 hours of community service? For a false claim of rape, she should have gone to prison.

Given that it is hard to live down being accused of rape, no matter if true or not, she might have destroyed two lives, and as Akasa said, making it harder for other women that have actually been raped.

Indeed. False rape accusations should carry the same sentence as actual, honest-to-God rape. No exceptions.

[Hyena Dandy]

Indeed. False rape accusations should carry the same sentence as actual, honest-to-God rape. No exceptions.

I disagree.

I think that, if there's a false rape accusation (or, indeed, a false anything-accusation) then the person who made it should be able to be charged with kidnapping. If you hire a guy to kidnap someone, you're considered guilty of it. That shouldn't change if the person you get to do your dirty work are cops.

[Andara Bledin]

I think that, if there's a false rape accusation (or, indeed, a false anything-accusation) then the person who made it should be able to be charged with kidnapping. If you hire a guy to kidnap someone, you're considered guilty of it. That shouldn't change if the person you get to do your dirty work are cops.

Don't forget to put false imprisonment on top of that. But I do think the general idea is actually quite clever.

[Skelly]

I disagree.

I think that, if there's a false rape accusation (or, indeed, a false anything-accusation) then the person who made it should be able to be charged with kidnapping. If you hire a guy to kidnap someone, you're considered guilty of it. That shouldn't change if the person you get to do your dirty work are cops.

Not a bad idea when I think about it.

[s_stabeler]

agreed- in a sense, as argued you are kidnappiung them using the police as a weapon.

[Panacea]

Can she still be processed for libel and for the distress the two victims suffered?

Oh, yes! It might not be worth it though. However, it could be worth the satisfaction of know you own a piece of whatever she earns for life.