Fitting penalty for false accusations

Qantourisc · 2025-04-15T18:25:35+00:00

Mirror the punishment the opposing party would have gotten.

Smeg-life · 2025-04-15T22:46:20+00:00

Have the state pay the legal expenses of the person who was accused and then the state can recover it from the false accuser.

It's cheap to be guilty, but it can be very expensive to be not guilty.

Vegetable_Ad1732 · 2025-04-15T18:32:58+00:00

You know, if we just enforced the laws already on the books things would be fine. Like actually assume innocence until proven guilty when a woman accuses a man of anything. And actually allowing a man to charge, and/or sue a woman for libel or slander if he can prove the allegations are false, even if the allegations were only made to their friends.

ReferendumAutonomic · 2025-04-15T19:11:50+00:00

I have been false police reported to psychiatrists by mother for yelling I was raped as a child and rejecting arranged marriages. Swatting should be punished with at least the same amount of jail time the victim received or faced.

jjj2576 · 2025-04-15T23:25:14+00:00

I think we’re jumping the gun here— I really appreciate the dialogue you’re creating here OP.

False Accusations can be difficult to legally prove. I’d actually like to see the recorded Rate of False Accusations Increase. Plenty of Men are falsely accused without any legal documentation confirming this. More judges and courts confirming that a Man was falsely accused comes before harsher punishments for false accusations.

I was falsely accused of beating my ex wife. Recently I’ve been thinking about writing the Judge & primary arresting officer a letter stating that I am innocent and disappointed that my guilt was assumed. I just don’t know if it’s really worth kicking the hornet’s nest over.

ControlOk8832 · 2025-04-16T00:31:52+00:00

Considering just how harmful it is id say we venture into extreme territory.

Minimum punishment: False accuser must register as a sex offender and will be charged with whatever crime they falsely accused the person of. On top of this they’ll be forced to pay a minimum 100K compensation to the falsely accused, if they’re unable to pay it they’ll go into generational debt to whoever they’ve falsely accused

axmaxwell · 2025-04-16T04:01:30+00:00

One year of jail time for a false accusation that led to an arrest.

If you were sentenced falsely and have served less than half your time they get to take your place.

If you were sentenced falsely and have served more than half your time they get thrown in for the same amount of time you spent.

No_Philosopher_1171 · 2025-04-16T05:35:07+00:00

Fines and/or prison for 5-20 years. Similar punishment to other speech crimes like Sedition and Pergery.

WoollenMercury · 2025-04-16T07:38:22+00:00

Id go with the bible on this one

Deuteronomy 19:18-19 ESV

The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

ThatOneCloneTrooper · 2025-04-16T10:24:41+00:00

I'm going to against the grain here and say no actual punishment but put on a public registry of false accusers. That way future partners can search the name of the individual (if they suspect something or whatever) and see that

"Oh yea he/she has falsely accused 2 people before"

And act with that knowledge how they want, night clubs could even deny entry to these people, as they could with other registries.

I understand a registry is giving off like I'm comparing false accusations to child predators but that's not the case, it's a case of public safety, people should know if you're comfortable throwing around bold accusations.

obviousockpuppetalt3 · 2025-04-16T14:09:47+00:00

same punishment as the alleged offense and registration on a false accuser list. also the accuser has to publicly announce that he/she lied in a speech outside the court, which is broadcasted on tv.

obviousockpuppetalt3 · 2025-04-16T14:11:30+00:00

same punishment as the alleged offense and registration on a false accuser list. also the accuser has to publicly announce that he/she lied in a speech outside the court, which is broadcasted on tv.

grimpaaj · 2025-04-17T04:29:31+00:00

Every day he stays in prison, were doubling that and adding it to your sentence.

Jhomas-Tefferson · 2025-04-17T07:03:02+00:00

I don't think that "the punishment the accused would have gotten" is sufficient. In american jails, at least, sexual predators often get raped and targeted for beatings and other harassment by other inmates. So "the punishment he would have got" isn't sufficient to cover what he would have gone through if he had been wrongly accused and labelled a sex offender. On top of that, the label of sex offender sticks with you for life and can be used to discriminate against you in employment and housing.

So, in my estimation, the false accuser should be raped(this is in the context of a legal punishment, not advocacy for illegal acts), get a tag of "false accuser" attached to their person that they have to disclose to every potential employer and landlord, and then go to jail for an amount of time similar to what the person they falsely accused would have gone to jail for.

However, i understand that using rape as a legal punishment would definitely not go over well with the public at large, so i'd settle for the rest of what i said being increased by 25%

Title	Fitting penalty for false accusations
Author	phantom_of_glasgow
Upvotes	23
Comments	32
Date	April 15, 2025 12:47 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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Deuteronomy 19:18-19 ESV