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Scarne  Title: Capo di Scientifico
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
http://www.wwltv.com/around-the-web/Man-released-after-11-years-in-jail-after-daughter-admits-rape-claim-was-a-lie-145871615.html
Hopefully he didn't get too much of the vigilante justice that almost everyone seems to cheer on about child rapists in jail. 
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Sad, sickening case. What kind of person could keep a lie like this going all those years?
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Prosecutors said if they were to charge Cassandra Kennedy with a crime, it might discourage people from coming forward about their fabricated claims in the future, potentially leaving innocent men and women behind bars.
Refusal by officials to enforce the law is also disgusting.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Ashmaele posted:
Refusal by officials to enforce the law is also disgusting.
Whatever public official said that should be summarily fired.
And the appropriate charges should then be brought against the defrauder and perjurer.
There are just a few simple laws needed in society. Perverting them like this creates a (rightful) sense of inequity and feeling among people they can simply ignore the system because it is, itself, fraudulent and capricious.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Thearticle posted:
No, Cassandra told police, her father never touched her. For nearly a decade, she said, her father had been sitting in prison based on her lies...
...Cassandra said she got the idea of setting up her father from a friend whose stepfather was sent to prison for a child sex crime. "I thought that is what I would do to make my dad go away," she told police in January.
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Asked if there had been missteps in the initial investigation, Baur said she has recently reviewed a recording of the little girl's testimony and has been rethinking every detail of the case. She noted that 12 jurors found enough evidence at the time to convict Kennedy and that the conduct of prosecutors, defense attorneys and Judge Warme was upheld by the appeals court.
Pretty scary when the standard for evidence is such as it is in this case that you can be sentenced to become a human toilet over it...
I have a couple of friends who are corrections officers, and according to them, pretty much everything you can imagine or ever heard about, and worse awaits those convicted of sex crimes against kids.
Also, I am sure the courts will be after this guy for his back child support too... because you know... it's only fair.
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Special-Fred  Title: Sultan of Spank
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Registered: 2003-7-30 16:12:04
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I expect he'l be going back to prison for the murder of that little bitch.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Ashmaele posted:
Refusal by officials to enforce the law is also disgusting.
Whatever public official said that should be summarily fired.
And the appropriate charges should then be brought against the defrauder and perjurer.
There are just a few simple laws needed in society. Perverting them like this creates a (rightful) sense of inequity and feeling among people they can simply ignore the system because it is, itself, fraudulent and capricious.
When Dumblewhore lied to CPS to have me investigated, I was given the same excuse in the story as to why that law is never enforced ("If people were prosecuted for lying to CPS, fewer people might report people to CPS for fear of getting into trouble"  
It's a felony. Do your job or gtfo.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Yup Cawlin. My dad was a cop, his brother in corrections. That's what taints my answer.
This is just... horribad. It's the kind of thing that should result in scores of people being drug out on the carpet, some careers ruined, and the wrongfully conficted victim being set up for life. (Because one way or another, after that long with that tag, their life is quite ruined).
Instead... well... we get this.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Ashmaele posted:
Also,
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Prosecutors said if they were to charge Cassandra Kennedy with a crime, it might discourage people from coming forward about their fabricated claims in the future, potentially leaving innocent men and women behind bars.
Refusal by officials to enforce the law is also disgusting.
I actually think that's a pretty good point. Do you really want to punish her for coming forward by throwing her in jail?
In these particular circumstances where she ended up confessing herself I think not charging her makes sense.
Also, there are probably hundreds of thousands of people in jail right now on as much or less evidence than he got convicted on. Juries care a lot about victim testimony. I don't think the legal apparatus really did anything wrong unless there were clear signs she was lying that people overlooked.
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Scarne Title: Capo di Scientifico
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
In this specific case, the fact that she was 11 when she made the claims also factors into not being charged.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Woman won't face charges after admitting she lied about father raping her |
Scarne posted:
In this specific case, the fact that she was 11 when she made the claims also factors into not being charged.
There are several years between 18 and 23.
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