I agree that women who lie about being raped should get equal jailtime to actual rapists, but what about rape victims whose rapist was found not guilty? Is it assumed that the victim is lying then? Would he/she risk serving that same jailtime as a result?
That's what I always think when that happens but I feel it should be more they were SURE she was lying vs. the rapist just wasn't found guilty. Just because you're FOUND guilty doesn't mean you are just like all the men who didn't end up raping someone and serving for it. That way actual victims don't need to be quiet about what they've been through but the ones who do make it up do get justice for what they were trying to do.
Basically just assume that people are innocent until proven guilty.
That means that the guy she accused of rape has to be PROVEN GUILTY. If he isn't proven guilty, then he could press charge against her for fake accusations. Then they have to PROVE that there was no rape (either that there was consent, or that there was no sex...).
I agree with this. I don't understand why someone would lie about this, it's insensitive and cruel. A girl I used to be friends with lied about being raped after she was caught red-handed cheating on her boyfriend, suffice to say I stopped being friends with her for lying about something like this.
Two years is pretty close to what a rapist would get. (Trigger warning: child sexual assault) I looked up some jail time info for rapists in my province for a school project, and it seems like the only way to get more than 2 years - definitely to get more than 5 years, anyway - is if you continually rape children in your care over the course of 4-10 years.
That means that the guy she accused of rape has to be PROVEN GUILTY. If he isn't proven guilty, then he could press charge against her for fake accusations. Then they have to PROVE that there was no rape (either that there was consent, or that there was no sex...).