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Unequal treatment of rape accuser and accused. (comment on this entry at LiveJournal)

Entry Date: 2004-08-26 19:38:00 Logged: 2004-08-26 19:42:56
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Wendy McElroy writes in USA Today on the Kobe Bryant case: "Decades ago, rape victims were brutalized by an insensitive and unbelieving legal system. Today, women seem to be granted automatic credibility even before a trial is held to establish whether they are, in fact, victims...Until a verdict is reached, accusers should not get special protections, whether money or anonymity. Neither or both parties should be named as cases unfold. My preference is neither. As a rape victim, I believe the identity and personal life of the accused should receive the same protection as the accuser's. Neither should be presumed innocent or guilty in the media. And false accusations should be prosecuted, not ignored by the courts."

While the positions of accuser and accused are not symmetric, the current situation does seem rather biased.
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