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I don't think that anyone in this thread has said that what has happened was okay. I don't think anyone has said that there shouldn't be some kind of investigation into this case so we can see how to avoid it in the future. I don't think anyone has said that there shouldn't be some kind of investigation into the case to see whether or not this woman deserves punishment.
What we're saying is that it is an unavoidable fact that mistakes happen. And sometimes they are really shitty mistakes that end up with people being wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years or more. This is by no means the only case out there -- rape or not -- where this has happened. Chances are that it is not 100 percent this woman's fault that the man ended up in jail. Like I said earlier, unless this woman conspired to get this man convicted and knowingly lied about it, it was a failure of the justice system as a whole, not just her own fault.
And we're also saying that comments like James' -- which he somehow seems to pull out of his ass in every thread about rape despite being told repeatedly that they are not only offensive but legitimately harmful, since they are exactly the reason why most rapes are never reported -- are less than helpful.
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