I don’t know anyone who would assign a stigma for someone having been raped decades ago.
I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t assign a stigma for someone who had been convicted of a rape decades ago.
The raped person and the person accused falsely, will carry scars for the rest of their life.
The falsely accused, will have his rights taken away for ever.
The victim of rape won’t.
The falsely accused will lose every family member, every friend, his employment, his civil rights, and the ability to continue on his career path.
I don’t seek to minimize the damage done to a rape victim, but in some ways the damage done to the falsely accused person can be much worse in some says, less in others.
I see you never read any of the early threads on the Sandusky scandal.