No less an authority than Professor KC Johnson, the guru of the Duke Lacrosse false rape case, has said that the Hofstra sexual assault claim was "equally spectacular" to the claim at Duke. While entire books have been devoted to the Duke case, the claim at Hofstra received relatively little analysis after it was no longer "news."
Well, we are rectifying that. And, for our regular readers, trust me. We pull no punches. What happened at Hofstra was disgraceful.
Anonymous said... The man on the top photo may be rsponsible for some "hate speech" charges for disseminateing "faulty and inflamatory" agitation propagagnda.
Sep 9, 2010 4:04:00 PM
I presumed this to be the father of one of the accused who recieved the note.
You seem to percieve he is the person who wrote it.
False Rape Accusations are todays weapon of choice. Today if you are falsely accused of rape, you will be sent to prison, with no questions asked. Money will be taken from you, weather its with lost wages, bail, or attorneys fees. Everything that you ever work for and your family will be taken from you. You may never hold a position of trust or good job again.
You will have to prove your innocence. Women will be holdings signs to have you castrated. Your ex will be in the back of the court room laughing at you.
You will be the subject of beatings while in prison. And the most gruesome of all you may be the victim of rape while in prison. Other inmates will try to kill you, you might as well be a pedophile, in there eyes.
Again a false Rape accusation is a weapon, used by women to get even with you, dare you cross them or get them mad.
Prosecution of false rape cases are profitable to District Attorneys who will spend up to a million dollars on one case.
Prosecutorial Misconduct needs to be addressed on this web site.
Anonymous - "Prosecution of false rape cases are profitable to District Attorneys who will spend up to a million dollars on one case.
Prosecutorial Misconduct needs to be addressed on this web site."
While there are certainly plenty of cases of prosecutorial misconduct to be exposed and discussed, where, exactly, do you see rape cases as being "profitable"?
It COSTS a DA's office to prosecute crimes. They operate from budgets, not a limitless pool of cash. Trying costly cases eats up their budgets - leading to elimination of (annual) raises, furloughs for employees, and even lay-offs. DA's offices aren't being given extra money for each rape case they deal with (most do not go to trial), so the more rape cases they choose to take, the greater the negative impact on their operating budgets.
The only reasons for prosecutors to chose to try a case, other than a sincere wish to see justice, would be for personal reputation building, or a zealous blind-to-the-facts activism (i.e. radical gender-feminist just wanting to harm a man regardless of his possible innocence).
But, again, there is no mechanism that I know of by which a prosecutors office could hope to "profit" by choosing to take certain cases to trial. Any evidence of outside (financial) influences would be immediate grounds for a mistrial or for a verdict to be overturned.
"It COSTS a DA's office to prosecute crimes. They operate from budgets, not a limitless pool of cash."
I am no expert, but I think they might get U.S. government grants through VAWA to prosecute rape cases. He might be correct, there might be a monetary incentive involved to encourage DA's to prosecute more rape cases. That sounds like something feminists would push for.
Anonymous - "I am no expert, but I think they might get U.S. government grants through VAWA to prosecute rape cases."
There is NO mechanism available by which a DA's office can get a grant to prosecute a case.
You may be new(er) here, but I've frequently gone through the VAWA grant process with Anti-LE rant guy, even giving him the links so that he could check into it/do some research (to no avail, of course).
But, in a nut-shell, in order to apply for VAWA grant money, a law enforcement agency must be setting up a program that aims to cut violence against women - and, even then, the local agency must be paying most of the costs thereof. Most individual VAWA grants are less than $100K. You can look-up this stuff quite easily for yourself.
I understand that some people just plain hate all of law enforcement, and consider everything they do to be born of corruption and malice. But, somehow they also seem to be missing the obvious reality that crimes do take place, investigations need to be done, and those that have committed crimes do need to be punished. This, unfortunately, does include the fact that some men (a very small number, to be sure) do rape women. Some here would seem to prefer that LE never even accept the statements of a woman claiming to have been raped. But, such thoughtless and careless "talk" will ultimately serve to undermine the credibility of this great site and the fantastic efforts being made.
Come on, does anyone seriously believe that the typical rape prosecution costs a million dollars? Some common sense is always useful.
The total request for the entire state amounted to less than $1.3 million. Note how many requests were for less than $10K. And, note, not one request linked to a criminal case of any sort.
Every civilized society must strive to (1) eradicate heinous crimes by punishing the offenders, and (2) insure that the innocent aren't punished along with the offenders. Too often, the second half of that balance is omitted from the public discourse. Accusations of serious criminality, especially murder and sexual wrongdoing, too often are their own convictions in the high court of public opinion because the stigma is so severe. It is our mission to raise awareness about the injustices suffered by persons wrongly accused of serious criminality. Protecting the innocent from unjust harm as a result of a wrongful accusation is a hallmark of a civilized society.
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Great!
That top photo made my gut lurch.
Fasten your seat belt.
No less an authority than Professor KC Johnson, the guru of the Duke Lacrosse false rape case, has said that the Hofstra sexual assault claim was "equally spectacular" to the claim at Duke. While entire books have been devoted to the Duke case, the claim at Hofstra received relatively little analysis after it was no longer "news."
Well, we are rectifying that. And, for our regular readers, trust me. We pull no punches. What happened at Hofstra was disgraceful.
The man on the top photo may be rsponsible for some "hate speech" charges for disseminateing "faulty and inflamatory" agitation propagagnda.
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5605&updaterx=2010-09-09+10%3A38%3A56
Anonymous said...
The man on the top photo may be rsponsible for some "hate speech" charges for disseminateing "faulty and inflamatory" agitation propagagnda.
Sep 9, 2010 4:04:00 PM
I presumed this to be the father of one of the accused who recieved the note.
You seem to percieve he is the person who wrote it.
Isn't perception interesting?
False Rape Accusations are todays weapon of choice. Today if you are falsely accused of rape, you will be sent to prison, with no questions asked. Money will be taken from you, weather its with lost wages, bail, or attorneys fees. Everything that you ever work for and your family will be taken from you. You may never hold a position of trust or good job again.
You will have to prove your innocence. Women will be holdings signs to have you castrated. Your ex will be in the back of the court room laughing at you.
You will be the subject of beatings while in prison. And the most gruesome of all you may be the victim of rape while in prison. Other inmates will try to kill you, you might as well be a pedophile, in there eyes.
Again a false Rape accusation is a weapon, used by women to get even with you, dare you cross them or get them mad.
Prosecution of false rape cases are profitable to District Attorneys who will spend up to a million dollars on one case.
Prosecutorial Misconduct needs to be addressed on this web site.
Prosecution of false rape cases are profitable to District Attorneys who will spend up to a million dollars on one case.
Prosecutorial Misconduct needs to be addressed on this web site.
Sep 10, 2010 12:16:00 AM
Is that true? A million per case? That would explain why we have so many rape cases in this tiny rural area. They are strapped for cash.
hummmmm
Anonymous - "Prosecution of false rape cases are profitable to District Attorneys who will spend up to a million dollars on one case.
Prosecutorial Misconduct needs to be addressed on this web site."
While there are certainly plenty of cases of prosecutorial misconduct to be exposed and discussed, where, exactly, do you see rape cases as being "profitable"?
It COSTS a DA's office to prosecute crimes. They operate from budgets, not a limitless pool of cash. Trying costly cases eats up their budgets - leading to elimination of (annual) raises, furloughs for employees, and even lay-offs. DA's offices aren't being given extra money for each rape case they deal with (most do not go to trial), so the more rape cases they choose to take, the greater the negative impact on their operating budgets.
The only reasons for prosecutors to chose to try a case, other than a sincere wish to see justice, would be for personal reputation building, or a zealous blind-to-the-facts activism (i.e. radical gender-feminist just wanting to harm a man regardless of his possible innocence).
But, again, there is no mechanism that I know of by which a prosecutors office could hope to "profit" by choosing to take certain cases to trial. Any evidence of outside (financial) influences would be immediate grounds for a mistrial or for a verdict to be overturned.
"I presumed this to be the father of one of the accused who recieved the note.
You seem to percieve he is the person who wrote it."
I perceived this too. Archivist, you gotta clear it up!
"It COSTS a DA's office to prosecute crimes. They operate from budgets, not a limitless pool of cash."
I am no expert, but I think they might get U.S. government grants through VAWA to prosecute rape cases. He might be correct, there might be a monetary incentive involved to encourage DA's to prosecute more rape cases. That sounds like something feminists would push for.
Anonymous - "I am no expert, but I think they might get U.S. government grants through VAWA to prosecute rape cases."
There is NO mechanism available by which a DA's office can get a grant to prosecute a case.
You may be new(er) here, but I've frequently gone through the VAWA grant process with Anti-LE rant guy, even giving him the links so that he could check into it/do some research (to no avail, of course).
But, in a nut-shell, in order to apply for VAWA grant money, a law enforcement agency must be setting up a program that aims to cut violence against women - and, even then, the local agency must be paying most of the costs thereof. Most individual VAWA grants are less than $100K. You can look-up this stuff quite easily for yourself.
I understand that some people just plain hate all of law enforcement, and consider everything they do to be born of corruption and malice. But, somehow they also seem to be missing the obvious reality that crimes do take place, investigations need to be done, and those that have committed crimes do need to be punished. This, unfortunately, does include the fact that some men (a very small number, to be sure) do rape women. Some here would seem to prefer that LE never even accept the statements of a woman claiming to have been raped. But, such thoughtless and careless "talk" will ultimately serve to undermine the credibility of this great site and the fantastic efforts being made.
Come on, does anyone seriously believe that the typical rape prosecution costs a million dollars? Some common sense is always useful.
@those confused about VAWA grants:
Here is a list of Colorado's (my states) final list of grant requests from 2008 for governmental agencies i the state, with a description of the program/effort to be funded
The total request for the entire state amounted to less than $1.3 million. Note how many requests were for less than $10K. And, note, not one request linked to a criminal case of any sort.
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