by Jem Smith » 19 Jan 2025, 23:51
Angie10 wrote:It always strikes me as odd that the media is quick to name the alleged offenders yet they seem keen to protect the accusers. Grossly unfair. I also think the minute one comes forward, it's inevitable many more will follow suit.
That is would would logically happen if there are multiple victims though. If one speaks up then others may feel empowered because they are more likely to be believed. I'm not arguing about Gaiman's case, just saying that multiple women coming forward after one speaks up doesn't make it less likely to be true.
A lot of people have asked why these women didn't come forward before. Only a tiny percentage of rape accusations result in a conviction. I can understand why a lot of women don't consider it worth going to the police when it's so unlikely that anything will come of the case and they risk their own reputations in doing so.
From a report from Australia:
'A report just released from the Crime Statistics Agency found that in 2009 and 2010, over 3,500 rapes were reported to Victoria Police. Of those, a tiny 3% ended in a court conviction.
Even more startling, 41 police reports were made against alleged perpetrators who already had at least six prior sexual offences recorded. Nearly half (18) of those reports went nowhere. No charges, no court appearance, no conviction, nothing...
Misconceptions about rape persist beyond police, they carry through the entire justice system. Juries have been shown to “pay more attention to evidence of character and conduct than they do to substantive evidence of rape”.
Defence lawyers know this, and therefore their most effective and regularly used tactic is to discredit the victim’s character rather than their evidence.'
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/terrifying-truth-about-rape-convictions-it-shatters-your-belief-that-the-world-is-a-safe-place/news-story/9fc4a65689f180b3534d79f4fd019b8e"To be called a liar, to have your credibility and character decimated ... it is so horrific as well as that being the moment you have to recount what was done to you."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-14/why-do-so-few-sexual-assault-result-in-convictions/10492256[quote="Angie10"]
It always strikes me as odd that the media is quick to name [b]the alleged offenders[/b] yet they seem keen to protect the accusers. Grossly unfair. I also think the minute one comes forward, it's inevitable many more will follow suit.[/quote]
That is would would logically happen if there are multiple victims though. If one speaks up then others may feel empowered because they are more likely to be believed. I'm not arguing about Gaiman's case, just saying that multiple women coming forward after one speaks up doesn't make it less likely to be true.
A lot of people have asked why these women didn't come forward before. Only a tiny percentage of rape accusations result in a conviction. I can understand why a lot of women don't consider it worth going to the police when it's so unlikely that anything will come of the case and they risk their own reputations in doing so.
From a report from Australia:
'A report just released from the Crime Statistics Agency found that in 2009 and 2010, over 3,500 rapes were reported to Victoria Police. Of those, a tiny 3% ended in a court conviction.
Even more startling, 41 police reports were made against alleged perpetrators who already had at least six prior sexual offences recorded. Nearly half (18) of those reports went nowhere. No charges, no court appearance, no conviction, nothing...
Misconceptions about rape persist beyond police, they carry through the entire justice system. Juries have been shown to “pay more attention to evidence of character and conduct than they do to substantive evidence of rape”.
Defence lawyers know this, and therefore their most effective and regularly used tactic is to discredit the victim’s character rather than their evidence.'
[url]https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/terrifying-truth-about-rape-convictions-it-shatters-your-belief-that-the-world-is-a-safe-place/news-story/9fc4a65689f180b3534d79f4fd019b8e[/url]
"To be called a liar, to have your credibility and character decimated ... it is so horrific as well as that being the moment you have to recount what was done to you."
[url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-14/why-do-so-few-sexual-assault-result-in-convictions/10492256[/url]
