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Publicly naming alleged rapists.
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How can it be fair that as soon a someone is accused of rape they can be named straight away, guilty or not, but the alleged victims get lifelong anonymity?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Naming an alleged rapist can bring forward other victims who would otherwise keep quiet. Rape is an horrendous act which can be very difficult to prove, the police investigation can be as invasive as the offence and if it gets to trial is traumatic. Many victims fear they won't be believed.
Victims of rape are given anonymity because the fact they have been raped can have long lasting consequences in their personal lives.
Don't forget that this applies equally to all rape victims, whether they be male or female; and alleged rapists of either sex.
Victims of rape are given anonymity because the fact they have been raped can have long lasting consequences in their personal lives.
Don't forget that this applies equally to all rape victims, whether they be male or female; and alleged rapists of either sex.
I don't think they get named as soon as they are arrested. After they are charged maybe. It also might encourage other victims to come forward. A high percentage of rape victims do not come forward, for various reasons, and seeing that their attacker has raped before/after might make her more confident that she'll be believed.
There have been instances of false allegations and women have been sentenced to prison for doing so.
When a person makes an allegation of any offence to the police that allegation is recorded. With today's technology it is easy for police all over the country to access that information and if a man or woman is an attention seeker or has any other problem that causes him or her to make false allegations against several people it is easily spotted.
And remember, rape is horrendously difficult to prove. Even with all the evidence possible it can be still a case of one party calling rape, the other stating consensual sex. Just because a person is found innocent in court it doesn't mean the other has been lying.
I really don't know what the 'fair' way is but if police need to name a suspect in the hope of gathering more evidence then it has to be so.
When a person makes an allegation of any offence to the police that allegation is recorded. With today's technology it is easy for police all over the country to access that information and if a man or woman is an attention seeker or has any other problem that causes him or her to make false allegations against several people it is easily spotted.
And remember, rape is horrendously difficult to prove. Even with all the evidence possible it can be still a case of one party calling rape, the other stating consensual sex. Just because a person is found innocent in court it doesn't mean the other has been lying.
I really don't know what the 'fair' way is but if police need to name a suspect in the hope of gathering more evidence then it has to be so.
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