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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Should be, I agree. Never works like that though. Ask Chris Jeoffries 
I have always said false accusers should get the same sentence the person would have got if they had been found guilty. |
You then have to prove that they are false accusers, though. The vast majority of sexual crime cases where the accused walks free is because of lack of evidence - "not proven" rather than "not guilty". In many of those cases the victim will have been telling the truth. How horrific if those victims are then sent to jail while their abuser walks free? It's bad enough that so many people guilty of sex crimes walk free as it is. But that's the nature of these offenses. Often comes down to one persons word versus the other, and if there's little or no corroborating evidence, the accused will walk.
I agree with you on principle if it CAN be proven though, e.g. There might be video footage indisputably showing consent, or the accused might have a rock solid alibi proving they weren't even near the accuser at the time of the alleged attack. In those cases, yes, something should be done.