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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try thinking about it this way. What if someone accused you of a horrific crime which you did not commit? However, your name is plastered all over the media linking you to this terrible crime. However, charges are never pressed so you have no opportunity to defend yourself nor clear your name publicly from these charges.

That would completely suck. Your life is ruined. You've done nothing wrong and you have no way to change the outcome.[/quote]

Try thinking about it this way: why are you identifying more with the possible rapist than with the possible rape victim? What are the consequences of assuming that rape charges are false?[/quote]

Clearly, you don't have a son.  No one here is "identifying more with the possible rapist than with the possible rape victim".  Everyone wants to ses a rapist behind bars and to paint it otherwise is irresponsible and insulting.  But if the standard can't simply be to point a finger and say "he did it," arrest him.  There has got to be some kind of evidence.  Whether it's the men in question admitting what they did, or actual physical evidence - which of course, there is none of since Jackie didn't go to the hospital.  That's why it's so incredibly important for rape victims to report immediately. [/quote]

You know what's a really good way to encourage rape victims to report immediately? Let them know that people will take their stories seriously.

You know what's a really good way to discourage rape victims from reporting immediately (or ever)? Tell them, "Well, we'll need a whole lot more evidence besides just your word for it before we believe that you're telling the truth."

Yes, everybody wants to see a rapist behind bars -- if the rapist was a stranger who used physical force on a woman who was sober, chaste, and in a respectable place where she was supposed to be. Any other kinds of rapists? Well, what was she wearing? Was she drunk? What was she doing there? Maybe she's a prostitute. Maybe she regrets it and is crying rape. What did she expect when she went there and did that? [/quote]

so her allegations should be good enough then? No due process, no innocent until proven guilty?[/quote]

To start an investigation, yes.[/quote]

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