Woman sentenced for falsely reporting man as child molester
FAC COMMENT: ONLY ONE YEAR?!?!?!?! Subjecting someone to the sex offender registry is a fate worse than death (almost). Her sentence should be on the level of attempted murder.
A woman who tried to pull off an elaborate plot to ruin a man’s life has now learned her sentence. Dana Loyd went before a judge on Thursday and was sentenced to one year.
Here’s a more in depth article:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/wftv.relaymedia.com/amp/news/local/website-editor-found-guilty-of-falsely-reporting-child-abuse-in-brevard-county/508379785
And for a great work of speculative and convoluted fiction, make sure you visit this POS’s website.
She should at least get the same sentence as the person’s life she tried to ruin had he been found guilty. How many women accuse men of false sex charges only in an attempt to get even? No wonder Vice President Pence and others are so leary of meeting women without having witnesses to verify the nature of the meeting. Of course not all women would do such a onerous act but there are enough that can ruin a man’s life. Proof is not required.
I hope she gets the maximum sentence. When I was first put on probation, a woman in my neighborhood made a false allegation to the sheriff’s office. I got a call from my PO asking about it. He did nothing and held off the sheriff because he knew it was a false report (I cannot be in two places 50 miles apart at the same time). The sheriff’s office wasn’t as nice, and threatened me saying they are going to watch every move I make and the only reason I am not in prison is because I had a good lawyer. The fact is the DA didn’t push for a prison sentence.
I wanted to sue the woman who did this to me, but after she filed the report, she refused to sign it under oath. Therefore, the sheriff’s office refused to give me her name.
If someone does something wrong, they deserve to be punished. But making false allegations to inflict your own brand of justice is worse than the crime itself.
I have an understanding of how irritating such a situation can be. I once had an ‘unknown’ make an allocation about me to DCF. I reported it to my PO as I was obligated to do. She reported it to Virginia and my release from probation hearing in Virginia was cancelled. DCF investigated and found the report to be false. For some reason that report never officially made it to Virginia. You can bet I have a copy but it was too late. What really upset me was that DCF would not release the name of the one who made the false report thus ‘protecting the guilty’. Another example of ‘do-gooder justice’.
This nonsense hurts real victims of sex crime more than anything.
Recognize first that the punishments for sex crimes, including registration after release, are incredibly harsh, to the point of being comparable to a death sentence for so much as possessing a photo.
Recognize also that, at best, the standard of evidence and proof to charge and convict a sex crime is flimsy and applied inconsistently.
This creates a level of intense fear among many, mostly men, about the mere possibility of being falsely accused. Think of how easy it would be to be held hostage by someone merely threatening to accuse you of something, despite your innocence. I can think of no easier way to blackmail an innocent person. This isn’t a hypothetical; this is reality.
So now, instead of being fully on board with laws and programs that make it easier for real victims to come forward, you have otherwise rational men having to debate their position. You also have the unfortunate situation where many accusations of sexual misconduct result in injustice because there is so much distrust of one side or the other, accused or accuser.
The huge rift leaves little room for sanity and neutrality. An average person tends to distrust either the accuser or the accused. So it often just depends on which biases the judge, jury, prosecutor, and even the defense has; and it depends on which bias the investigator possesses, and so on. I would venture to say it depends on which bias the accused has. If the accused has historically sided with accusers, he will probably see himself through that lens, or at least feel as though he is being seen through that lens by others, causing him to act in guilty ways despite innocence.
The light sentence this woman received utterly fails to deter other would-be false accusers. It’s tiny considering the damage she would have done had she succeeded. This sort of example advertises a deflated risk, all but eliminating any deterrence to such a crime. If the punishment for robbing a bank were a slap on the wrist, it’s a gamble a lot more would be willing to take.
Everyone wins when we have a sensible standard of proof in the courtroom.
Everyone wins when the punishment fits the crime.
Everyone wins when justice is served equally to all, regardless of social status, gender, wealth, race, and so on.
Unfortunately, right now, in the US, we are far from that and sometimes we continue to head in the wrong direction.
Case in point.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4392124/Uber-driver-abused-passenger-gets-chargers.html
A threat like this should be handled about just short of as serious as a death threat.