Anonymity should be the most important thing for any case.
So, are you saying that all trials for any and all crimes or suits should never name either party?
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saltesc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Suicides from false accusations ruining people’s lives are not rare and had a huge uptick during the MeToo movement, especially in the US.
A few years ago in the ACT…
The former corrections officer was remanded in custody and spent nearly four months in Goulburn jail before the charges were dropped
"I’m not the man I was before’
In an emotional court appearance, the formerly jailed man read out a victim impact statement saying he had lost everything.
“There were times when I considered ending it all,” he told the court.
The false accuser only got 3 years. Orchestrating, making a fake crime scene, dragging a person through jail and court, trying to destroy them completely, and almost got as far as causing suicide.
No one can weigh up which is worse, but rape and false accusations of rape are clearly life destroying actions on an innocent person. Only the sickest of minds would do either.
No1@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Rambomst@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think they are saying names shouldn’t be released until after a verdict had been rendered. Just the implication is enough to ruin someone’s life even before a guilty verdict had been rendered.
No1@aussie.zone 1 year ago
For all cases? No matter what the alleged crime or lawsuit?
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My entire comment is condemning people that make another’s life so bad that things like suicide, emotional scarring, mental health, and poor livelihood in general are common outcomes.
If anyone would like to disagree… Jesus.
I was careful to not open a window for statistics, as that would be unrelated. And went further to make adement that there is no “which is worse” argument, as that is also completely unrelated to the issue of people’s wellbeing and those that devistate it.
The point is simply that things like a lack of anonymity in such cases has created severe trauma of an innocent person and the rise of it during the MeToo movement simply underscores that.
When a person is found guilty of rape or false accusation of rape, good riddance. Until then, a court should be fully aware that the public’s barrel of torches and pitchforks is not labelled “Innocent until proven guilty”.
It’s truly remarkable and concerning, the weird tangents and views some people share on the internet. I’ll be optimistic in saying that it’s likely a desire to just have interaction through argument, not sheet stupidity comprehension of what’s being said/going on.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The rate of false accusations of rape is really hard to determine but is generally regarded as being pretty low (Vicpol puts it at ~5% based on studies). It’s also extremely hard to get a good number though, since false does not mean unfounded.
I don’t think it’s justified drawing an equivalence between rape and rape accusations given the evidence we have on the rates, it makes it seem like false accusations are happening way more than they actually are.
Also given who this probably is, this is likely not the only accusation of rape also, which decreases the likelihood the accusations are false I would suggest.
No1@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The other factor is that only a small fraction of these incidents go to court. [87 per cent of victim-survivors of sexual violence didn’t report that experience to the police](87 per cent of victim-survivors of sexual violence didn’t report that experience to the police).