Virginia man serves four years in prison for a false rape conviction, is found to be innocent and released, still remains on sex offender list and is on probation

chocoboat · 2013-12-27T23:32:00+00:00

For the 13 months since his release, he cannot leave town, he cannot go anywhere near schools or parks, and he must regularly meet with a probation officer - this is after receiving a pardon from the governor of Virginia.

The false accuser has been found guilty of perjury, and was sentenced to two months of jail time - to be conveniently served on weekends only. She has also been ordered to pay him $90,000 and "it is unclear whether she is able to do so". If lucky, he will find himself eligible to receive $24,000 from the state to make up for the 4 lost years of his life.

The origin of the false rape accusation? Elizabeth Coast, at age 17, was caught viewing pornography by her religious parents. Her mother wanted to know why her 17 year old daughter would do such a horrible thing, and asked if she had been ever been sexually assaulted. Elizabeth said yes, hoping that would excuse her actions and get her off the hook, just hoping the matter would drop. Instead her mother pressed for details, so she invented a story in which seven years earlier, her then-14 year old neighbor raped her when she was 10. This story alone was enough to convict him.

Nomenimion · 2013-12-27T23:50:15+00:00

Disgusting, unforgivable, and totally unsurprising.

bobes_momo · 2013-12-28T01:49:15+00:00

She literally destroys another person's life and she gets to serve her sentence "on weekends"? What the fuck does that even mean? I wasn't aware a prison sentence could be scheduled for your convenience.

2013-12-28T07:37:05+00:00

Would it be a good idea to sticky this post permanently at the top of this subreddit? Given the incessant criticism and scorn faced by the MHRM, this post could serve as a reminder and encouragement of why it is so desperately needed. Because men's rights are human rights.

scottsouth · 2013-12-28T08:58:43+00:00

What happened to that male privilege?

hahaz13 · 2013-12-28T04:09:26+00:00

This is absolutely FUCKING ridiculous. No excuses whatsoever.

How the government does not try to do more for him is appalling. Even if the system is slow in getting his name cleared, at least do some shit like have signed documents stating that he is cleared and his place on the registry is a technicality.

Elizabeth Paige Coast. Remember that goddamn name. Matter of fact, feminists keep a registry of men who have been 'proven' /s to be 'rapists' and 'women haters'. Why don't we make a registry of false rape accusers? This should be a thing.

Ma99ie · 2013-12-28T03:23:19+00:00

False reports of rape are impossible, so feminists would have me believe. Even if they did exist, which they don't because feminism, then the injustice is not worthy of attention because 27 bazillian percent of rapes are never reported, and when they are, everybody laughs at the victim, blames her, and then slut shames her.

Ergo, this "innocent" man should dedicate his life to ending the scourge of rape.

This editorial brought to you by the The Feminist Movement^TM

Black_Light · 2013-12-28T03:07:56+00:00

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110011001100 · 2013-12-28T06:21:40+00:00

Wait, he was jailed purely on the basis of the womans word?

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Ivan_Fackoff · 2013-12-28T03:35:40+00:00

At least he is alive ...

jeegte12 · 2013-12-28T14:46:49+00:00

"she said she had invented the story to deflect her parents’ anger when they caught her surfing pornography on the Internet."

Wait. What? How does this even lead to a rape charge?

2013-12-28T09:01:49+00:00

She took away four years of his life and his reputation, yet she only has to server 2 months?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/elizabeth-coast-rape-lie_n_3784718.html

youruglyside · 2013-12-28T03:06:03+00:00

FUCK VIRGINIA

Nomenimion · 2013-12-28T15:04:24+00:00

Nothing will be done to prevent false convictions. Nothing will be done to prevent false charges. Nothing will be done to reign in prosecutorial corruption. Nothing will be done to counteract the influence of feminist bigots. Almost nothing will be done to punish the liars, or compensate their victims. In short, The Innocent Take it Up the Ass, take 6,556,331. See also 'Men are Second Class Citizens in America.'

TheSonofLiberty · 2013-12-28T20:15:09+00:00

Feminists say they also fight for men's causes. Why are no feminist groups fighting for him?

jeegte12 · 2013-12-28T10:08:06+00:00

I'm from Virginia. The system here is such that if you are found guilty of any kind of crime, you're stuck with the consequences forever. There is no expungement without a pardon from the governor. I'm sure that all of those systems are also designed to keep you permanently locked-in too.

guardian_angel_ · 2013-12-28T13:59:52+00:00

This is sobering. There is/was failure to mete out justice for the accused party and that fact deserves heavy exposure and conversation for the alarming issue it is. We cannot forget this happened.

Stewiepwn · 2013-12-28T15:48:00+00:00

~~innocent until proven guilty~~ "guilty until pr-... guilty!";

Nomenimion · 2013-12-28T17:36:40+00:00

Imagine the roles reversed, with the girl going to prison based on his lies, and him getting slapped on the wrist. The earth would shake with the indignant howling of feminist banshees!

JimBobDwayne · 2013-12-28T14:36:32+00:00

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2013-12-29T19:45:01+00:00

The tricky part of these kinds of claims Is that there's never going to be any evidence of these sorts of claims.

I knew a girl who confided in me to being raped when she was young, and while I believe It to be true I don't think jail time for anyone accomplishes a damn thing.

It reminds me because she also told me that she told a friend a few years before she met me. He was only concerned with "who?" and went around telling other people about it which ruined their friendship. It's not about who fucking did It, it's about the victim who has to live with the experience.

I think the girl is getting off lightly in this case, but I'm more concerned with how the system is still punishing an innocent man.

xanderjanz · 2013-12-28T16:02:01+00:00

Clearly you gentlemen aren't thinking straight here.

The real victim is the girl who was slut shamed for viewing pornography. You see the patriarchy wanted to punish her sexuality, so her only rational recourse was to deflect. Get some empathy you jerks.

/s

Rufert · 2013-12-28T03:14:17+00:00

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Title	Virginia man serves four years in prison for a false rape conviction, is found to be innocent and released, still remains on sex offender list and is on probation
Author	chocoboat
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Date	December 27, 2013 11:24 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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