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Topic	Four year jail for rape? Too much? Too little?
Zeus 05/27/18 1:29:26 AM #21:	wwinterj25 posted... Zeus posted... at the same time the problem with being overly harsh with false allegations is that it can discourage real victims from stepping forward. How so? Because it's enough stress for a victim to come forward without worrying that their story might be turned on them and they could be charged with making the whole thing up. In the cases of people not making it up, you're dealing with an emotionally vulnerable person. Emotions don't tend to recognize the irrationality of fears. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:902050874] in Four year ... [t:76637621]...</cite> <quote><cite>wwinterj25 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote> at the same time the problem with being overly harsh with false allegations is that it can discourage real victims from stepping forward.</quote> How so?</quote> Because it's enough stress for a victim to come forward without worrying that their story might be turned on them and they could be charged with making the whole thing up. In the cases of people not making it up, you're dealing with an emotionally vulnerable person. Emotions don't tend to recognize the irrationality of fears. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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