Wait, which do you think happens more often: a false accusation, or an uninvestigated sex crime? Because false allegations happen, but statistically it’s like saying you shouldn’t go to restaurants because occasionally chefs murder people with knives. It’ll probably make the news, but only because it’s so fucking rare.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
I said neither of the above. Don’t out words in my mouth.
People are falsely accused of crimes all the time, which is why the legal system requires evidence.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 days ago
All the time? Like once a week? Or like every day? Or maybe like roughly every minute of every day of the year?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Can you think of an answer to your question would justify the removal of due process or need for proof beyond a reasonable doubt?
The legal system errs on the side of letting some guilty people go free in order to try to protect against innocent people being unfairly punished.
That’s why the standard for criminal conviction is that the accused is innocent if you have any reasonable doubt.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Who the fuck said we should remove due process? You understand that when a sexual assault is reported that over 90% are not investigated. “Believe women” is an instruction for the police to begin due process for victims, it’s not like jury instructions. Due process is denied to the victims because police don’t believe women.
Swear to fucking Christ, you’re like those people who act like the BLM movement is saying other lives don’t matter.