My focus has been on the men falsely accused of sexual assault. It is true that in the 60's and 70's there was a push to make it okay for women to report rapes due to the stigma that went along with being raped. The problem now is the pendulum has swung so far to the other side that the norm is to use sexual assault accusations for a means to destroy men.

I found a video on U-tube video of a man who was accused of sexual assault but he as it says, "Luckily video taped the encounter." The tape cleared him of the charges. Following the video was pages of responses.

The following post is a sad statement to where we have come in this country.

I never believe rape reports when i hear them now. I have made a point over the last year of following reported rapes on the news, which never come back and confirm whether the woman was telling the truth. Over the past several months i have been looking up rape reports i heard earlier in the year and it turns out ALL of them were false. Rape is just so highly politicised now its unbelievable.

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How do we fix this?

A registered sex offenders sister keeps inviting him to attend her daughters plays or competitions at her school and church. The sister has to be reminded that the sex offender can't set foot in a school or church less risk violating his probation and being sent to prison. The sister doesn't understand why he can't attend church because she believes he couldn't have committed the sexual assault he was accused of. Taking a plea to avoid prison for a sexual assault will ultimately destroy your life as you continue to be crucified being on the Sex Offender Registry.

The fear of these imaginary sex offenders being instilled by politicians is destroying lives all in the name of being re-elected—it is an injustice, and changes need to be made.

                  Politicians aren’t alone in fueling the fear flame. One report on MyFox.com: Some Worry Sex Offender Targeting Kids, posted Sept. 13, 2010. He’s a three time convicted sex offender who served his time, but appears to be back to his old ways. The Monroe man is accused of targeting children, and so far police can’t stop him. FOX 2’s Taryn Asher investigates why this man continues to slip through the cracks of the law. The video report shows individuals who report that Parker continues to put himself in a position that he’s alone with male boys. The problem is, he’s no longer on probation. Until there’s a victim he cannot be arrested.

                  That’s the problem—this is one of the 5% that the authorities should be giving their full attention to.

                  In the report, the police say a parent’s best defense is the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Like in the case with Christopher Parker, they can use it to gain knowledge about sexual predators in their areas.

                  This is a ruse. The complaints about Parker came from three churches and the Monroe Fair Grounds. The SOR had nothing to do with empowering parents of the children Parker targeted. The problem is how to get predators off the streets, not to add all men to the SOR just to be cautious!

From Author and Private Investigator Martin Yant who works with the Innocence Project.

False Allegations of Child Abuse

Our instincts are to protect and defend defenseless children.  It is a measure of a civilized society.   It is equally instinctive to presume guilt.  That tendency is even stronger when the accused must prove a negative---that what he or she is accused of didn't happen---and the accuser is a physician with a stack of degrees or, equally potent, a child.  These combinations have led to countless criminal convictions:  parents, day care providers, teachers, neighbors---even when the charges cannot be supported by objective scientific evidence, or when there was no physical evidence at all to support the claims.  We're having second looks at many of these cases, acknowledging that we've convicted innocent people, destroyed families and ruined childhoods.  A second look at the processes that led to these miscarriages of justice is essential, because unless we learn from our mistakes, we will continue to repeat them.

http://truthinjustice.org/child-abuse.htm

While our judicial system was put into place to protect, the results are ruined lives of not only the accused but the accuser. A then 17-year-old who accused her father of raping her now wants to move on with her life. The problem is family don't believe the father did it and they have watched this young woman grow up lying and manipulating to get what she wants. She is upset the the family has not rallied around her. Who do you believe? No one may ever know what happened that night but many lives have been destroyed, including the accuser by our judicial system put into place to protect our children. Families have been destroyed by detectives who asked zero questions. A prosecutor who didn't take the time to make sure the detectives did their job. A judge who doesn't want to go to trial, taking up his time. And a defense attorney who know the game - our system is about taking pleas. So the falsely accused are forced to take a plea which is admission of quilt so even if the victim recants, they are not innocent because they plead guilty. Think this can never happen to you, think again.

I want to thank my few readers for checking my blog occasionally. It's on my to-be-thankful list this Thanksgiving. I'll be away from the Internet 11/21/12 through 11/25/12 but I'll return with more information the SOR and wrongful convictions. Stay blogging.

Another conviction reversal is posted on the Innocence Project fb.

“Bad lawyering” has been one of many consistent contributors to wrongful convictions. In retrospect, the evidence supporting innocence often appears obvious and substantial in many cases. However, if discovered after conviction due to an inadequate investigation or effort by defense counsel, correcting the error is often a laborious, time-consuming, costly endeavor. The California Innocence Project quantified the financial cost of Madrigal’s wrongful incarceration alone to be $405,000.

http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2012/11/19/conviction-reversal-illustrates-importance-of-competent-defense-counsel/

So many times I have read that false convictions are often due to wrong accounts by witnesses. I had to laugh when driving down the freeway I had to slow due to a fender bender in the median. My friend said it was a silver passenger truck and a car. I said it was a silver full size van and a car. Both of us thought we saw the same thing but obviously the only thing we agreed on was the color and that there were two vehicles involved. I'm glad we weren't testifying at a trial. One of us had to be wrong but I'd bet the prosecutor would pick the witnessed who corroborated the story they wanted. 

So you find out someone is a felon. Before judging, ask. You may find that it isn't as it appears.
This is from the False Justice fb post from today.

DNA was first used in a U.S. criminal case in 1989. It not only became the most reliable form of criminal evidence, but it also delivered a stunning surprise: Innocent people have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for years, even decades, in greater numbers than ever imagined.

Why would a book on an Ohio attorney generals rude and troubling awaking to wrongful conviction have relevance in China? The lessons of DNA continue. Among them is that wrongful conviction has no national boundaries. We have yet to fully understand the nuances of wrongful conviction in other countries and criminal justice systems. But there are enough similarities in the contributors, harmful misconceptions, flawed practices, and recommended "best practices" that, remarkably, a book written in Columbus, Ohio, is finding a caring and kindred audience on the other side of the world.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/False-Justice/127688090612221

Now consider all of the convictions where there was no DNA, only an accusation? Those convictions will never be over turned. How many are there?

This is a post on facebook by a friend of mine.

The key to the happy ending to this mans story is this, "We also conducted a thorough investigation and found the allegation of underage conduct to be unsubstantiated." With so many sexual accusations there is no investigations, only forced pleas then ruined lives. There is no innocent until proven guilty. For the accused, it's prove your innocence in a sexual assault case. And for the ones who do, the accuser faces no consequences for the false accusation.

Elmo Sex Scandal: Man Who Accused Kevin Clash, Voice Of Elmo, Of Underage Sex, Recants Story

Posted: 11/13/2012 5:50 pm EST Updated: 11/13/2012 11:31 pm EST

See the whole story; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/elmo-sex-scandal_n_2125064.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=3276782