Comments on: “False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought” https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/false-rape-accusations-may-be-more-common-than-thought/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 04 May 2006 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: P.F.Monte https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/false-rape-accusations-may-be-more-common-than-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Thu, 04 May 2006 13:53:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3407#comment-2843 See Kathleen Parker’s very recent editorial on this subject. It’s much more common that many realize, and there are powerful political/iedological forces who would prefer that the word not get out.

]]> By: dad https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/false-rape-accusations-may-be-more-common-than-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Thu, 04 May 2006 10:28:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3407#comment-2842 I demur.

“Thought” is extremely UN-common.

]]> By: ja https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/false-rape-accusations-may-be-more-common-than-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-2841 Thu, 04 May 2006 07:06:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3407#comment-2841 The article reinforces the idea that an eyewitness may ot be the best source of information to identify the perpetrator.

I wonder if the distinction between the 2 percent number and the 25 percent value is that 25 percent of those accused of performing a rape are misidentified versus 2 percent of women reporting to be raped have not in fact been raped.

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