A shocking story reported by the BBC that has much in common with Hofstra. The woman is older here, and the victims are younger -- they are just boys, in fact. They were jailed on her say-so, and were only able to free themselves after one of them revealed he had the good sense to film the incident. The film proved it was consensual.
Get it? She's automatically believed and three boys are jailed on her word alone.
For their part, the boys are disbelieved, and need a video to prove they're telling the truth.
Pretty fair, don't you think? And doesn't it sound just like Hofstra? At least this time, the criminal got more than a slap on the wrist.
Writer Deborrah Cooper probably would say the same thing about the boy who filmed the incident as she said about the young man who filmed the Hofstra non-rape: he's the most twisted one of all, she fumed.
And perhaps it's time for all young men to be so twisted. It may be the only thing that can save them from long prison stretches.
Here is the news report:
Woman jailed for false rape claim
A woman who made a false rape claim after having sex with two teenagers has been jailed for a year.
Victoria Salter, of Lostock Hall, told police in September last year she was raped by three men while one looked on.
This led to the arrest of three 17-year-olds but one of them had filmed the incident which proved the sex was consensual, the court heard.
Salter, 26, who earlier admitted perverting the course of justice was jailed at Preston Crown Court.
Salter, of Broad Meadow, dialled 999 to make the false report in September 2008.
She said she had been followed home by four men and was raped by three of them while the fourth watched.
But the court heard that Salter had been filmed on a mobile phone during the sexual encounter and had been partaking "enthusiastically".
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8287766.stm
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Pierce,
I trust you have seen this (note the bottom of the 2nd paragraph)?
http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/2009/04/a-great-present-for-young-men/
I almost always use some kind of recording device nowadays, whether an audio or video recorder. Audio is easier to hide, video is easier to prove.
-Gogo
On a sane planet, somewhere, any female testimony is inadmissible.
And again we need to ask: what would have happened if there hadn't been a video?
There are a LOT of falsely convicted men.
Anon at 4:34: I agree. Given the number of news reports of young men arrested and released on the basis of videos, it only stands to reason that others who are arrested, and who don't have a video to support their denials of rape, likely are subjected to a much lengthier ordeal in our criminal "justice" system. It is impossible to know how many of these young men are wrongly convicted or, more likely, accept a plea bargrain to avoid the risk of a trial and a lengthy prison sentence.
It is a chilling prospect.
Q: When is sex sex and when is sex rape?
A: It's totally her call.
Fair warning.
What? Really? You didn't rape her?
Police
Lawyers
Judges
Teachers
Preachers
Neighbors
Churches
Journalists
Doctors
Nurses
Professors
Rape Crisis Centers
People waiting for the bus
Violence Against Women Protesters
Atom-Troll
Renee-troll
jeana-Troll
and anyone I may have left out....
won't believe you!
Of course not. Why would they? Everybody knows that women are made of sugar and spice while men are walking hard-ons.
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