How's this justice? (6 Viewers)

Nick

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Blackmailed somebody with a rape claim, suspended sentence only.


Judge Louisa Ciecióra said it was in Orton's favour that her crime was 'not sophisticated' and that she had no previous convictions.

How the fuck is her being a thick mess in her favour? Get her locked up.

All this will do is cause issues with people who are genuinely raped reporting it and other people who haven't not seeing the punishment for false claims.
 

Otis

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Blackmailed somebody with a rape claim, suspended sentence only.




How the fuck is her being a thick mess in her favour? Get her locked up.

All this will do is cause issues with people who are genuinely raped reporting it and other people who haven't not seeing the punishment for false claims.
And only £200 compensation to the victim too? What's that, "just give him his money back?"
 

Sky Blue Pete

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Blackmailed somebody with a rape claim, suspended sentence only.




How the fuck is her being a thick mess in her favour? Get her locked up.

All this will do is cause issues with people who are genuinely raped reporting it and other people who haven't not seeing the punishment for false claims.
Short sentences do not work
 

clint van damme

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All this will do is cause issues with people who are genuinely raped reporting it and other people who haven't not seeing the punishment for false claims.

Cause issues? The reporting and conviction rates for rape are shockingly low.
I don't think you can pin that on this trollop.
 

Liquid Gold

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It's obviously a horrendous thing to do, but surely it's not as bad as actually raping someone.
No but it’s trying to get that punishment for doing that onto someone out of malicious intent.

Trying to get someone sent down as a rapist for 10 years or whatever maliciously should result in actual consequence.

Maybe then rape claims will be looked into properly too.
 

shmmeee

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No but it’s trying to get that punishment for doing that onto someone out of malicious intent.

Trying to get someone sent down as a rapist for 10 years or whatever maliciously should result in actual consequence.

Maybe then rape claims will be looked into properly too.

Needs a high bar though. Rape is famously hard to prove in court so it can’t just be a zero sum game where every accusation someone goes to prison.
 

Liquid Gold

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Needs a high bar though. Rape is famously hard to prove in court so it can’t just be a zero sum game where every accusation someone goes to prison.
Of course not. There are obviously a lot of cases where one side sees is different to another. If it’s cut and dry though then they should face the same punishment they were trying to force the other into.
 

CCFCSteve

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It's obviously a horrendous thing to do, but surely it's not as bad as actually raping someone.

You can’t really compare. However Im guessing being falsely accused of rape or being a pedophile is probably the worst thing you can ever be accused of, especially as in a lot of situations doubt might remain even if you get acquitted.

I remember hearing about this story and there’s others


Also it leads to genuine rape cases being doubted, which will dissuade rape victims from going to the police and potentially guilty rapists getting away with it.

If it’s 100% intentional false accusation a jail sentence is the only answer
 

Sky Blue Pete

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You can’t really compare. However Im guessing being falsely accused of rape or being a pedophile is probably the worst thing you can ever be accused of, especially as in a lot of situations doubt might remain even if you get acquitted.

I remember hearing about this story and there’s others


Also it leads to genuine rape cases being doubted, which will dissuade rape victims from going to the police and potentially guilty rapists getting away with it.

If it’s 100% intentional false accusation a jail sentence is the only answer
I know that seems to be important but honestly it just doesn’t work as has been shown a lot
 

shmmeee

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It’s a really tricky topic, and one I have a little personal experience of but can’t discuss in public.

I completely get that the system has been and likely still is shit at protecting victims. But there seem to be a lot of people who see it as an easy weapon or get convinced something has happened when it hasn’t by well intentioned people.

Both are absolutely devastating and both ruin lives, I really don’t know what the answer is short of permanent body cams for all women 😂
 

Nick

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Same sort of thing, I saw something earlier where a woman told an old bloke she was a copper and would do him for sexually abusing kids if he didn't hand over his bank card / PIN number.

Madness.
 

clint van damme

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It’s a really tricky topic, and one I have a little personal experience of but can’t discuss in public.

I completely get that the system has been and likely still is shit at protecting victims. But there seem to be a lot of people who see it as an easy weapon or get convinced something has happened when it hasn’t by well intentioned people.

Both are absolutely devastating and both ruin lives, I really don’t know what the answer is short of permanent body cams for all women 😂

But false allegations are 2-6% of all reported crimes which means 94 - 98% are genuine.

 

SBT

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You can’t really compare. However Im guessing being falsely accused of rape or being a pedophile is probably the worst thing you can ever be accused of, especially as in a lot of situations doubt might remain even if you get acquitted.

I remember hearing about this story and there’s others


Also it leads to genuine rape cases being doubted, which will dissuade rape victims from going to the police and potentially guilty rapists getting away with it.

If it’s 100% intentional false accusation a jail sentence is the only answer
Well obviously you can compare them - that’s why we have a criminal justice system. Generally speaking it’s hard to see how falsely accusing someone of a heinous crime is going to be as bad as actually committing the crime itself. Of course, if someone causes damages to someone with a false claim then they should compensate the victim - although that strikes me as more of a civil case than a criminal one…not sure why this one was heard in Crown Court.

Ultimately if people are really concerned about rape cases going unprosecuted (and they should be!) then I think there are much bigger problems than false accusations that need highlighting.
 

shmmeee

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But false allegations are 2-6% of all reported crimes which means 94 - 98% are genuine.


I have questions about the methodology used there but researchgate keeps crashing when I try to read the study so I can’t answer them.

And I don’t think it’s that cut and dried, your link states that many claims are neither false allegations or true but queries raised by others or a potential victim that come to nothing (eg “I can’t remember what happened please check if there’s any evidence of rape”)

I just don’t think it’s wise to hand anybody the level of power over someone else. Pulling out percentages as if the whatever % is an acceptable collateral damage seems a bit off to me. It’s a really tricky subject with no solid answer IMO.
 

shmmeee

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Well obviously you can compare them - that’s why we have a criminal justice system. Generally speaking it’s hard to see how falsely accusing someone of a heinous crime is going to be as bad as actually committing the crime itself. Of course, if someone causes damages to someone with a false claim then they should compensate the victim - although that strikes me as more of a civil case than a criminal one…not sure why this one was heard in Crown Court.

Ultimately if people are really concerned about rape cases going unprosecuted (and they should be!) then I think there are much bigger problems than false accusations that need highlighting.

Driving someone to suicide is a civil case? Really?
 

CCFCSteve

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I know that seems to be important but honestly it just doesn’t work as has been shown a lot

Agreed from the tangible results/outcomes of prison and I personally see little value in some criminals being locked up. What we probably don’t know though is how stronger sentences for certain crimes (not all) might deter people from doing them

I suppose in my simple mind, is someone more or less likely to risk doing what that woman did knowing she got £200 fine compared to if she’d been sent down, for say, a year or two.

Appreciate I’m probably looking more at deterrent side for certain crimes though, not the ‘benefits’ or otherwise of prison
 

CCFCSteve

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Ultimately if people are really concerned about rape cases going unprosecuted (and they should be!) then I think there are much bigger problems than false accusations that need highlighting.

Yeah, agree with this. Was just saying it’s another thing that adds to ‘doubts’
 

Sky Blue Pete

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Agreed from the tangible results/outcomes of prison and I personally see little value in some criminals being locked up. What we probably don’t know though is how stronger sentences for certain crimes (not all) might deter people from doing them

I suppose in my simple mind, is someone more or less likely to risk doing what that woman did knowing she got £200 fine compared to if she’d been sent down, for say, a year or two.

Appreciate I’m probably looking more at deterrent side for certain crimes though, not the ‘benefits’ or otherwise of prison
All the evidence I’ve seen is that most crime is reactive and involves little thought. Criminals do not think if I do this I’m going to prison they just do it
 

fernandopartridge

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Agreed from the tangible results/outcomes of prison and I personally see little value in some criminals being locked up. What we probably don’t know though is how stronger sentences for certain crimes (not all) might deter people from doing them

I suppose in my simple mind, is someone more or less likely to risk doing what that woman did knowing she got £200 fine compared to if she’d been sent down, for say, a year or two.

Appreciate I’m probably looking more at deterrent side for certain crimes though, not the ‘benefits’ or otherwise of prison
In this specific case I don't believe the person was capable of making that consideration
 

SBT

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Yeah, agree with this. Was just saying it’s another thing that adds to ‘doubts’
I guess, but I don’t think it’s a typical story. Grim as this tale is, it’s the kind of story that usually just ends up as fodder for people who are trying to ‘both sides’ a system that is brutally unfair to women, and who are conspicuously quiet about the countless real victims who get routinely let down by the justice system.
 

TomRad85

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I know that seems to be important but honestly it just doesn’t work as has been shown a lot
Doesn't work in what sense? Who cares if it works, it's a punishment.

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