Comment on Why Are Rap*** & Ped** Protected In Jail?

• deadgirlwalking@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Never said it was right. But that’s a different topic from what we’re speaking on. I’m sure they knew he didn’t whistle at her, they didn’t care he was black.

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  • jjagaimo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What about in the case of a false accusation of rape or when the wrong person (i.e. not the person who committed the crime but a different person) is inevitably tried and found guilty

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    • deadgirlwalking@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s why we have rape kits

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      • jjagaimo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        People have gone to jail without rape kits being used based entirely on circumstantial evidence (e.g. “you were in the area around the time it happened”). While I would wish the justice system in every country were 100% accurate, it is far too common for the wrong person to be incarcerated to just sentence people to death.

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