Proof that when rape is accused, the man is guilty until proven innocent. It took concrete proof to free this man after 22 years who was sent to jail on the mere words of a woman. The council is also fighting to not pay him a cent of the 18M damages he won.

gnovos · 2010-12-13T07:48:52+00:00

I particularly hate the fact that an actual rapist is out there, right now, possibly raping more women, because the police didn't do their job. Getting a conviction at all costs should not be the goal of the police, because getting the wrong man means a dangerous criminal is on the lose, most likely causing more mayhem.

Nefilim777 · 2010-12-13T15:47:27+00:00

There was a case here in Ireland some years back of a young girl who claimed that a neighbor had raped her. The man served over 10 years before the girl, racked with guilt, broke down and admitted he was innocent all along and she'd never been raped. He lost 10 years of his life in prison, in the mean time his wife left him, and his family disowned him. Rape accusation is so serious, yet treated so lightly.

Il128 · 2010-12-13T12:37:56+00:00

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fimmwolf · 2010-12-13T10:14:22+00:00

The council should pay him 22M plus 18 years worth of interest.

nlakes · 2010-12-13T05:58:02+00:00

Not only are guys getting screwed over by the guilty until proven innocent assumption. Nobody cares about how much they suffered at the hands of some unscrupulous bitch or someone who was genuinely mistaken.

It's almost like "ohh.. you're innocent, on with you life then". The false-accuser often goes unpunished or under-punished and the damages awarded are usually inadequate.

fondueguy · 2010-12-13T07:11:13+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't a disproportionate number of false rape reports targeted at black men. That's just one example of how Feminism does not protect minorities like it claims.

truthiness79 · 2010-12-13T12:20:00+00:00

eh, theres no way this guy isnt going to get the full money. he was denied DNA testing in '94. so even if the charges were an "honest mistake", he should have been out 16 years ago. theres very little NYC can do about this. as a new yorker, it pisses me off that my ridiculously high taxes are going to pay off injustice like this. should have never happened in the first place.

numb3rb0y · 2010-12-13T16:24:55+00:00

And he only got that because the cops involved were corrupt. If it'd been a standard he-said-she-said conviction simply on the basis that the judge and jury wilfully ignored the concept of reasonable doubt he'd be totally SOL.

anonymouslemming · 2010-12-14T13:20:08+00:00

Take a look at the 'Lying about rape' tag on Ambush Predator's page : http://thylacosmilus.blogspot.com/search/label/lying%20about%20rape

That's a LOT of cases of women lying about rape, and there are more every month or so.

SnakeJG · 2010-12-13T15:43:50+00:00

This is why The Innocence Project is one of my preferred charities. End of the year is coming, make a donation and you can take a deduction for your 2010 taxes*

*certain restrictions apply, talk with a tax professional

woadgrrl · 2010-12-13T15:53:39+00:00

Let's get this straight: It wasn't the woman's fault that the wrong man was convicted, it was the cops. She'd been attacked and traumatized and, as many victims and witnesses are, was mistaken (possibly misled) in her testimony.

The man in the article even remarks that he feels the woman in question was a victim of the system as well. If he doesn't hold her accountable, then why are you placing the blame on this "mere woman?"

aetheralloy · 2010-12-13T20:51:31+00:00

It's amazing that guy is in that good of a mood, I'm pretty sure that I would have just taken that 18 million (once I pried it from the assholes who were trying to get even that away from me) and gotten as many weapons as I could hold then went apeshit on those involved.

ispellbadonpurpose · 2010-12-13T23:14:38+00:00

22 years - Wow.. just wow..

I feel so terrible for this guy. I'm actually 22 years old myself and thinking about just my entire life spend behind bars that feels like an eternity to me. I hope he gets the money he deserves however no amount could give him back the time he has lost.

blackbellamy · 2010-12-13T15:16:47+00:00

What "council"? This is New York. It's the "city". The city is appealing.

Mookie1515 · 2010-12-13T11:30:04+00:00

This is something extremely relevant to me. My brother was sent away for 6 years for a rape that he was accused of but most definitely didn't commit. He was sent to a half way house after the trial, thank god. But then he failed a lie detector test. And then they retried him for the same crime, with a different judge. This judge sent him to prison. He was then in prison for 5 years, until he was released for no apparent reason (he had 7 to life) and is once again in a half way house. He is currently up for parole, and could possibly be completely paroled by the end of next month.

The legal system makes no fucking sense.

nanomagnetic · 2010-12-13T17:47:35+00:00

Jesus tapdancing christ. This isn't proof positive of the Conspiracy. It's only evidence of how badly an investigation went in 1984 and how badly the city handled the DNA request.

letsgetalong · 2010-12-13T08:45:45+00:00

Yeah, this is a big problem, but it is not as much a gender problem as a money problem. Women with no money who are raped, stand no chance in court. Goes with any court case if you ask me. This only goes to say that those with money in this world, are the true rapists in the end, heh.

2010-12-13T20:44:37+00:00

Feminists have a saying, false accusations are not necessarily bad, men can use them to learn something about themselves and about women. I'd say that's about right.

RedditTrollAccount4 · 2010-12-13T22:44:31+00:00

mere words of a woman

Indeed.

I am a red-blooded American male who also hates women and loves that you guys have a subreddit like this where we can teach those scummy vagina-having whores where to go stuff their rape allegations. Men's Rights forever! Kill all women! Viva la Taliban!

Fangss · 2010-12-13T16:22:56+00:00

two words, he's black.

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