Should a woman who falsely accuses a man of rape be arrested and prosecuted?

A false accusation of rape should be punished with a severe fine.

It's the skanks like her that give the rest of us a bad name. The law is so slanted against men - they're guilty until proven innocent and 'friend of the court' justice is a joke. Where would one even start on her charges?

Apart from any other concern, it calls into question every rape allegation cheapening the horror other women endure.

Isn't it wrong to yell "fire" in a theater?

Of course she should. That is a diabolical thing to put an innocent man through and any woman who does that should be punished accordingly.

A false charge harms the reputation of the peraon accused. Aquital rarely restores a reputation once it is lost.

When a false charge is proven false, there is a tendency to take future charges by any woman seriously, allowing real rapists to escape punishment.

Sad but true.

Yes, anytime someone falsely accuses a man of such a horrible and violent crime needs to be tried under the same justice system she used to accuse.

This is a two edge sword, and one a prosecutor must approach very carefully. You do not want to prosecute someone who recants, and stops the whole prosecution of innocent people, and you do not want to hinder that from happening, as someone will stick to his/her story so they do not get into big trouble. Yet, false accusations are a crime to being with, so a DA has to use his/her best judgement.

But in the case of someone like Crystal Gail Mangum, whose story was a fake as a three dollar bill, she should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, with no quarter, to serve as an example of the seriousness of claiming something so serious happened, when it did not. That woman, as far as I am concerned, should have never saw the outside of a prison wall ever again, in her whole life. Of course, that is not what happened, and she ended up in trouble with the law again; big surprise. It is people like her who are a danger to society, and should be locked up forever, and not "rehabilitated" and released to prey on us again, and again.

I agree completely with you on Ms Mangum. I also think rape shield laws are unfair. The accuser keeps her name out of the media, while at the same time, the accused are tried in the media and have their lives ruined even if found not guilty

It is interesting that people forget that when law is bent to make it more "fair", it ends up being "more unfair" to someone else. Under the law of the land, the Constitution, this kind of bending of the law should be unconstitutional.

Whether it is laws favoring women as accusers, or laws making guns harder to obtain, own and carry by law abiding citizens, or laws that make defending oneself a hop scotch game, they all chip away at out fundamental freedoms.

Crystal Gail Mangum is a criminal and was coddled by the authorities, and then those authorities bashed the accused with everything available. The Constitution soundly forbids that. People soon forget that the rights of the accused are paramount, and the authorities must have the goods on the accused before they can take away his/her freedom. Like many other things in the United States, we have let legislators make unconstitutional laws to make things "fairer" for someone. And that, is as un-American as it gets.

Amen

Damn right they should be.

Honest mistaken identity, of course not, otherwise YES YES YES. All intentionally false allegations should be prosecuted criminally.

Absolutely. His charge/allegation also needs to be expunged from his record.

yes and sued for defamation

Rape is a very serious crime, that should have a stiff punishment. No pun intended.

Accusing someone of rape is a very serious accusation. It had better be real, or the accusing person should be liable to at least a civil suit, if not a criminal charge.

Sure it should be a crime to make false accusations that send someone innocent to jail. Their whole life will be screwed up ,since now most people will not trust the guy.

Only if it can be proved to be malicious rather than lack of evidence

Thats messed up

No question about it.

Well, yeah, but makes more sense to sue for slander/libel and get even in a meaningful way.

Any other type of false report made to the police would result in criminal charges. Why not this one?

As women, we can't enjoy the benefits of gender equality without the responsibilities. If we're going to be equal, ladies, then that means being equal in ALL ways, not just the ways that benefit us.

And one of those ways is that we don't file false reports to the police. If we do, we have to face the consequences.

I'm not talking about a man who goes on trial for rape and is acquitted for some reason. There's no proof there that the woman falsely reported. It may just mean that there wasn't enough evidence for a guilty verdict or that guilt wasn't proven beyond doubt.

But for a woman who clearly makes up a rape allegation and reports it to the police ... well, again, that's a case of filing a false police report. Which for anything else would be a crime.

Fantastic post. Standing ovation. I am triple impressed. If there were a contest for best post, you win hands down.

Most definitely! She has perverted justice and defamed a man's character. It's absolutely horrible! Also, these children who lie and say they've been molested are in the same boat as far as I'm concerned. Let's not forget the people who persuade them they have been molested as well.

Perjury is a crime.

Definitely!

although a civil suit may be warranted.

Absolutely. Perhaps they're insane, but that should be evaluated.
Same goes for a man who falsely accuses a woman (or man) of rape.

Who the frak does that?

DISGRACE!

In some cases, absolutely. In other cases, I think a civil suit is more appropriate for libel or slander (I can't always remember the difference between these two). I'm not sure what the punishment should be exactly, but there most definitely should be one.

They should throw her butt in jail.

You cannot jeopardize somebody life and future with false accusation and go free like that. Otherwise they might try it again with somebody else and maybe this that person may not be as lucky as to be set free and could spent their life behind bars for something they never did.

What she did was a crime.

It has been very profitable for a woman to say that is the father in Pennsylvania. Whether it is true or not that man will pay the rest of his life.

yes, because they are trying to make someone else's life miserable for no logical reason other than personal. real rape leaves physical traces. nuff said

THATS A SERIOUS CRIME AND IT CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY

OF COURSE..
ALONG WITH JACKSON AND AL ..

You better believe it!! I have personally known a person who was unjustly accused and his life was hell and probably still is. Once someone accuses someone who is innocent, that harm cannot be undone.
When I heard of it, I knew the guy was innocent.