[Locomotive Breath]

Hat tip and more discussion at Betsy's page:

http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-many-false-rape-accusations-are.html

[BufordP]

I heard Wendy Murphy on the O'Reilly Factor last night make the rediculous assertion that 99% of those accused of rape were convicted.

Convictions (various crimes) per 1,000 offenders (England and the U.S.) See figure in upper right corner.

[Mad Dawg]

"More common than thought"? More common than thought by whom? Certainly the doctrine of the libbies is that no woman would ever lie about such a thing, so maybe false rape accusations are more common than thought by libbies. But I doubt normal people would be surprised if the truth were knowable and known.

[randog]

Shocking. Next you're going to tell me that wives falsely accuse their husbands of molesting the kids to gain custody and a fat support check...? Say it ain't so.

</sarc>

[Alia]

Check out also today, Kathleen Parker's column

"My suspension of skepticism ends right there, but there's much more, including a prior rape claim by the "victim" at another college a few years earlier. Same victim, same scenario, except that she recanted in that case, saying she wasn't sure it was a rape because she was drunk. All the preceding was ruled inadmissible during Gorman's trial thanks to rape shield laws".

[Fido969]

It's about time that folks start poking holes in the feminist lie that false accusations are common.

Want to stop them? Charge people who make false accusations. In Maine whenever that is brought up in the legislature, the usual suspects - far-left loonies and radical fems pull out all the stops to kill the bill.

It's about power and control, friends, that's all it is.

[Responsibility2nd]

What is truly amazing is the free pass these liars get. Did you see this thread?

Alleged Rape Victim Admits Making Up Story

Even when the "alledged victim" is a proven liar, the MSM still "values her privacy" and her name is not mentioned.

Then she gets a slap on the wrist (probably probation).

When in fact she should get the same sentence the "alledged rapist" would have received if found guilty.

[Publius6961]

False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought

Humans are imperfect.
Give anyone an opportunity to abuse any law, no matter how "well-intentioned"...

Some always will. 100% of the time.

[Publius6961]

False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought

Humans are imperfect.
Give anyone an opportunity to abuse any law, no matter how "well-intentioned"...

Some always will. 100% of the time.

[cherry]

so, basically, out of 25% of the cases the FBI COULD obtain, 8 out of 10 cases showed the primary suspect WAS indeed the possible or even probable perp......some inconclusive readings but mostly conclusive with only 20% of the 25% being excluded...

I would imagine that a 20% rate of falsehood would be pretty much the norm in most crimes....probably a low ball figure for some crimes.

I wish the women haters would get off this " false rape " accusation diatribe and their phoney baloney so-called statistics, because they're certainly are statistics out there that say MOST rape victims never even report what happened to them.....

[Perdogg]

Nifong claims he has more evidence.

[bannie]

Tawana Brawley.

[Howlin]

Duke Lacrosse Ping!!!!

[muir_redwoods]

"False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought"

It's been my experience that "thought" is not all that common anyway