Quote: (12-24-2014 03:28 PM)TravelerKai Wrote:
Some states are 2 party states and some are not, in regards to recording another person. An opinion from a RVF lawyer would be good to help clarify some things.
I am a lawyer, but I haven't practiced in years, let alone ever touched anything criminal, so take that for what it's worth.
The real problem here is that there's an odd tension between:
1) Wanting higher penalties for false rape reporting (which I wholeheartedly endorse), and;
2) Wanting more chicks to go to the cops when they're
actually raped, as infrequently as that may be.
The problem is, higher penalties for false reports will cause fewer chicks to report real rapes, which will just feed fire to the SJW/feminist talking points about "1 in 5," etc.
I've thought quite a while about a "good enough" solution that works for everyone. I think I have a pretty good idea:
Make schools liable for the slanderous/libelous statements of their students
Let's face it, a lot of what these falsely-accused guys are up against are rumor and gossip--the tools of the trade of chicks and white knights. If these rumors and gossip become widespread enough to rise to the level of slander or libel, with real, tangible effects on the accused, and the school is liable, well, then they'd likely do all they could to nip this shit in the bud before it spread like wildfire, right?
The kangaroo courts would be forced to (at the very least) adhere to basic constitutional ideas of due process and representation. Even better, they'd flush out all of the ivory tower wanna-be judges with no legal training.
Accusers would be properly vetted by the schools before going forward--presumably, if every rape accusation was a potential $30 million Duke Lacrosse/UVA-level fuckup by the administration, the school would only move forward with/refer these cases to the cops when there's actual probable cause. Instead of SJW-type gender studies "advisers," schools would likely employ former cops and prosecutors as "advisers" who could separate the false claims from the chicks that actually should go and get more evidence taken after an actual rape.
If you could add something allowing the falsely-accused to recoup at least half of 30 years worth of the "average starting salary" posted by the school (inflated as that is already), then you might REALLY see some changes in a lot of the shittier aspects of college.
The only weakness in this plan? Duke lost $30 million on the lacrosse case. UVA stands to lose a decent amount in this Rolling Stone fiasco, as well. Instead of shutting some of these liberal idiot professors up, these results seem to embolden them. Maybe it's lack of loyalty to their own employer (who they likely view as an extension of the corporate bastion of oppression), or maybe they're just fucked in the head.
The deterrent effect isn't quite there...yet. My counter-argument would be that if schools would start having to pay out $30 million here, $50 million there, they'd reign in these SJW profs and tell them to cool the fuck out. Then, and
only then, will we start to see real change.
Merry Fucking Christmas, fellas...
Vigo