A tort? The penalty for a false accusation should be the same as what the defendant would have received if convicted.
I think rape should be punishable by death (given a high bar for conviction).
The penalty for a false accusation of rape in that scenario would then be death.
Both rape, and false accusations of rape, would plummet to less than 10% of what it is now.
But we prefer to coddle crime. And torture language.
I would prefer that sort of punishment on all false accusations. YOu receive what they would have received.
Death for major crimes I can also support, if it’s beyond all reasonable doubt. Murder, rape, driving slow in the fast lane.
You have a very bad view of this, because we would have consequences to your change in the law.
What would stop a rapist from just killing the victim? No rapist would let a victim survive. So you are condemning the victim to death, when most rapists don’t kill now, the reason to leave them alive is gone with your change. Very short sighted. Same for pedos and other crimes. Murder gets death, everything else should not so as to save the victims.