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Re: Legitimate Rape - Akin and Galloway - August 23rd 2012, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dr2005 View Post
Such instances of false accusations of rape are generally quite rare (estimated at 2% of reported rapes), and those that do reach trial stage are often discovered under cross-examination. The fear of being falsely convicted of rape is generally greater than the likelihood of it actually happening.
Source for the 2%? I know by 1996 numbers they said it was potentially 25% just for those convicted, logically it seem accusations would be even higher. I find it hard to take a position on this because both men and women pad their sides.
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