'Emotionally unstable' Dunedin woman made false rape claim - she alleged a 19-year-old male acquaintance had raped her.

loganizer · 2012-06-24T02:30:40+00:00

Well, if she's sorry then all the harm is undone, right?

eyeofthestorm · 2012-06-24T01:55:42+00:00

Police spent about three months investigating the complaint ...

Sarah Louise Jenkins was sentenced to two months' community detention, 200 hours' community work and was ordered to pay reparation of $480, being the cost of a medical examination the police had organised.

oneiorosgrip · 2012-06-24T11:54:43+00:00

A young woman was seriously emotionally unstable when she falsely claimed she had been raped...

and then

She said she felt under pressure from associates to make the complaint.

First, being emotionally unstable is not an acceptable excuse for causing any kind of harm to another person, and neither is being pressured by others. If a man used those excuses following an assault (say, "drunk rape" at a party) he'd only make things worse for himself in court, getting himself labeled dangerous and stupid by the judge for not having the control to resist the pressure and whatever urges were caused by the state of being 'emotionally unstable.'

That said, if the lawyer is going to use that excuse - that a group of peers "pressured" an "emotionally unstable" woman into committing a crime, he ought to at least back it up with allegations that these people took advantage of her "vulnerable state of mind" for their own purposes (that being to create drama.) If she's not responsible for her actions, but was instead some mindless, emotional zombie to be steered into whatever action her peers saw fit, then it would follow that they can be accused of using and abusing her in almost the same way she accused the victim.

No, I'm not advocating prosecution for peer pressure - just drawing the 'not my fault' argument out to its 'logical' conclusion to fully highlight the 'duh' factor in the attorney's presentation of excuses.

Title	'Emotionally unstable' Dunedin woman made false rape claim - she alleged a 19-year-old male acquaintance had raped her.
Author	eyeofthestorm
Upvotes	19
Comments	5
Date	June 24, 2012 1:54 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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