False allegations of rape should be punished with severe prison time.

i think that there should be cinsequences but not severe prison time

Why don't we focus on the fact that only 1% of rapists are convinced instead of the 0.02% of false rape allegations?

Their should be consequences but not severe prison

I believe it should when it is obvious that it was false not when it is still a possibility because of not enough evidence or some other reason

This particular topic is tricky to deal with first of all. It is difficult for prosecution to have rape convicted in the first place because the burden of proof is based upon beyond a reasonable doubt. It is a Class A felony making it extremely difficult to prove. Since it is so difficult to prove, false allegations should not be punished with severe prison time. There is still possibility of a defendant to rape somebody and the defendant is allowed to leave free of charge because there was reasonable doubt, no matter how small.

I will agree though that false allegations do occur and waste time and money in the judicial system, but the allegation of rape should convicted just simply by basing it on what they say and whether the suspect who is the supposedly the criminal is allowed to leave. That firstly breaks the first amendment rights to the freedom of speech, no matter how annoying the accusation seems.

There is also too many grey areas the allegations of rape, which changes depending on the case in question. The person who was raped may not be able to identify who hurt them so on and so forth. Although there are grey areas, it may be wise to put some sort of recognition or case law that is justifiable through court in the case that someone were to make multiple false allegations of rape, there would be evidence of previous accusations that had not further passed at a previous time. There needs to be some form of mark, but they do not deserve severe prison time due to the fact that they are not guilty of any legal crime.