Links:
http://www.cmrlink.org/social.asp?DocID=276
http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com...-men-with.html
http://court-martial.com/ucmj-and-se...t-accusations/
http://ncfm.org/2009/01/issues/false-accusations/
Took some quotes for you guys, if you dont want to read them.
http://www.cmrlink.org/social.asp?DocID=276
According to a report of the Defense Department Inspector General released in 2005, approximately 73% of women and 72% of men at the military service academies believe that false accusations of sexual assault are a problem.
"In the media and on Capitol Hill, there's this myth that the military doesn't take sexual assault seriously," said Michael Waddington, a former Army judge advocate who now defends the cases. "But the reality is they're charging more and more people with bogus cases just to show that they do take it seriously."
About a week later the husband approached the client and told him that he (the husband) had to come forward and tell the truth. It turns out that the husband and the complaining witness wife lied — in their statements to CID and at the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing. There was no rape. The husband has admitted that both he and the wife were awake and engaged in sexual activity themselves. The husband said the client was present, but that essentially any events in the bedroom were consensual. (There was no DNA evidence of the client on the clothing or bedding, only of the husband.)
Had we gone to trial on this charge we had a motive to lie. This accused was lucky, will you be.
Had we gone to trial on this charge we had a motive to lie. This accused was lucky, will you be.
In a study by the U.S. Air Force, about one-forth of rape accusers recanted just before taking a lie detector test or after failing one. Further research found 60% of the accusations were false. The most common reasons given for making false accusations were spite or revenge, feelings of guilt or shame, or to cover up an affair. McDowell, Charles P., Ph.D. “False Allegations.” Forensic Science Digest, (publication of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations), Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 1985), p. 64. (see Center for Military Readiness article “Sex, Lies, and Rape” for an excellent discussion of false accusations).
Took some quotes for you guys, if you dont want to read them.
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