In the story below, a "young girl" will not be charge for a false rape claim because of her age. Suppose the lie had led to an innocent male being arrested -- even convicted? Would she be charged then? The fact is, the lie might have had that effect. In 2007, in a celebrated "rape" case, an eight-year-old boy was arrested and shackled for alleged sexual assault (as if that were possible). I heard no one suggest he would not be charged because of his youth.
Double standard? Of course.
Santa Maria minor rape deemed a false report by police
Santa Maria police say a young girl was lying when she reported she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted over the weekend.
The girl told investigators the attack happened Saturday evening, near the parking structure of the Santa Maria Library on McClellan Street, right in front of the police department.
This story had people in Santa Maria shocked and scared. Now it investigators are saying it was all a lie.
The young girl told investigators it was here that two men abducted her. Her story was elaborate. She said she was blindfolded and thrown in the back of a car, possibly a newer model black Honda Accord.
The girl then told detectives the men drove her to the area of Boone and Smith streets, and molested her.
At the time, investigators had no reason to believe the girl was lying. They now say they have proof her story wasn't true.
Unfortunately it's not the first time someone has filed a false sexual assault report with the Santa Maria Police Department.
A similar claim was reported to them in January of 2006 when a woman lied and said she had been raped in the mall parking lot.
"We had an allegation of a sexual assault in the mall structure which is across the street and we found out that that was not true," said Lieutenant Dan Ast of the Santa Maria Police Department, referring to the incident in 2006.
When asked whether it could Sunday's case could be untrue, Lieutenant Ast replied, "Anything is possible, but we treat everything as a crime that it actually did occur until we find out otherwise."
The story, which police now say was fabricated, had the whole community on edge.
One Santa Maria resident who didn't want to appear on camera had this to say: "I think it's outrageous that people can hurt other people like that. It doesn't make sense to me."
Investigators say that the community can rest easy knowing that the attack never happened.
Because of the girl's young age, investigators say they don't plan to press charges against her.
Investigators now say they consider the case closed.
Link: http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=9736722
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A guy's never too young to be charged with rape, but there seems to be an "age of (in)discretion" for making false accusations! Justice as usual.
and "justice" as unequal
The fact that they are not charging her with a crime is going to empower her to make more false rape accusations at any time in the future and expect to get away with them as well.
Falsely accusing a man of rape is just as criminal as the violent act of rape is. Victims of false rape accusations are not only forced to buy their freedom ( make bond/bail or have someone do it for them ) but, suffer the consequences and future punishments that go with such accusations. These victims must (unless they can get bonded/bailed out) wait in jail for months or years before the case goes to trial. These victims must also, if convicted (which is most likely considering how people have become tired and frustated by all of the violence committed against women, that they will convict the male victim of a false rape accusation out of a knee jerk reaction ) face long years in prison or, life in prison or, the death penalty. These victims will also be forced to register for life as sex offenders and basically be outcasts of society. Not only will they lose everything they ever owned while wrongfully imprisoned, they will have an exteremely difficult time building a life and finding a job and a home. In some ,if not all cases, these victims will be forced to pay compensation to the criminal who falsely accused them of a serious crime and is now going to make money off of it. Their are so many ways false rape accusations, as well as false accusation regarding any other violent crimes do effect/affect the lives of the falsely accused, it is a crime in itself for authorities to allow even one false accuser to get away with a crime that is just as severe and damaging as rape/violent crim(s).
I should also mention that in most ,if not all, cases where a man is accused,arrested and , charged with rape or any other violent crime(s), the rights of the man are ignored,usurped and ,often violated under the excuse of "due process". Most, if not every time, a man is accused,arrested,charged, arraigned and ,indicted for rape or other serious crime(s) against a woman , the police,the DAs' and the state will continue to seek a conviction against the man ,even if the "victim" changes her story and/or commits perjury.
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