Yes, unfortunate both for victims of rape who fail to prove their case because the jury thinks it is consensual and unfortunate for the victims of false accusations of rape (regardless of whether they are convicted or not). It is very unfortunate. The old Hebrew law making it hard to prove rape but then executing the rapist makes more sense in this light.
True enough.
BTW, under the Law of Moses, someone who made a false accusation was supposed to suffer the same penalty she would have inflicted on the other person. So I guess in this case a false accusation of rape would result in capital punishment.
Men who can’t keep it in their pants are taking an enormous risk every time. Their life will be ruined, as you say, simply by an accusation of rape and the resultant publicity. This is even more true of rich men, who are obvious targets for extortion.