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In reply to the discussion: Would a woman ever falsely accuse somebody of rape? [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)But today, women are not as likely to get away with it and doesn't go very far. In the past police and prosecutors always used to give the woman a benefit of the doubt in such situations. Now they are more trained to look for red flags in the woman's story. Any investigator with a brain to pick apart a completely fabricated story. It eventually starts to look like that Duke Lacrosse case where the story details just doesn't match up with anything else.
Prosecutors usually will not bring charges in a case where there is no evidence and no witnesses and the only thing to go on is the woman's word. The reason why is because the man's defense attorney will tear that woman apart in trial. And juries today don't like to convict people without something backing up the accuser's story.