It's now incontrovertible that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was the victim of at least one-and probably two-false allegations of sexual assault.
The latest evidence comes from Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has asked the Justice Department to investigate Judy Munri-Leighton, a left-leaning activist from Kentucky, for allegedly making false statements.
According to Grassley, Munri-Leighton initially claimed in an email to the committee that Kavanaugh had raped her, and he was questioned on this point during the September 26 hearing regarding allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and others.
Munri-Leighton's confession means this accusation should be definitively labeled false.
We can't say for certain whether Ford's accusation against Kavanaugh was true, false, or somewhere in-between.
High-profile false rape accusations such as the ones in the Rolling Stone article reflect the reality that between 2 and 10 percent of rape allegations are provably false; the FBI says 8 percent of forcible-rape allegations are "Unfounded." The number of false accusations that can't be proved false necessarily pushes that number even higher.
The Kavanaugh fiasco should serve as a strong reminder that the press must cautiously vet accusations, and that legal systems should operate in accordance with principles of fairness and a respect for due process.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/11/05/brett-kavanaugh-due-process-false-rape
The latest evidence comes from Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has asked the Justice Department to investigate Judy Munri-Leighton, a left-leaning activist from Kentucky, for allegedly making false statements.
According to Grassley, Munri-Leighton initially claimed in an email to the committee that Kavanaugh had raped her, and he was questioned on this point during the September 26 hearing regarding allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and others.
Munri-Leighton's confession means this accusation should be definitively labeled false.
We can't say for certain whether Ford's accusation against Kavanaugh was true, false, or somewhere in-between.
High-profile false rape accusations such as the ones in the Rolling Stone article reflect the reality that between 2 and 10 percent of rape allegations are provably false; the FBI says 8 percent of forcible-rape allegations are "Unfounded." The number of false accusations that can't be proved false necessarily pushes that number even higher.
The Kavanaugh fiasco should serve as a strong reminder that the press must cautiously vet accusations, and that legal systems should operate in accordance with principles of fairness and a respect for due process.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/11/05/brett-kavanaugh-due-process-false-rape
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