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Originally Posted by ken0042
I would say that slander in regards to a false accusation like this is about the same. IMO you cannot hold sexual assault as being such a heinous crime (which it is) and not hold lying about it to the same standard.
However I think the biggest obsticle to making it such a severe offense is it would likely prevent more legitimate rape victims from coming forward. The girl who passed out at a party or was slipped a drug and raped could have her case thrown out due to a lack of evidence, and then be faced with charges herself.
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I don't think the bolded is really a concern. There's a massive difference between a claim lacking the evidentiary support needed to obtain a conviction and a claim having the evidentiary support needed to be shown to be a fabrication.