Thursday, February 25, 2010

File under "Give your criminal defense lawyer a hug."


Woman recants rape allegations that put man in jail for 3 years. The bad news is that she put this guy in jail for the most trivial of reason, which is pure evil. The good news is that she had enough of a conscience to finally do the right thing, which is good. The guy apparently had a long rap sheet, which did most of the work of convincing everyone that he had done what he hadn't done.

It's alarming how easy it can sometimes be to send someone to jail for a crime they didn't commit, which ties into the statistic that 40% of rape allegations are false.  Not unsubstantiated. False.
Posted by Peter Sean at 12:18 PM
Labels: ,

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That is such a sad story. The 40% of liars make it hard on the 58% who tell the truth and will not come forward because of all the doubt, not to mention the emotional effects that being raped puts a woman through. Rape is a crime of power and control over another human being. What a thrill the perpetrator must get knowing these statistics, knowing the odds of being caught or convicted gives him more power and control over the victim for years.

1:52 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
 
Who links to me?