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This image captures the moment a former high school football star breaks down in court when his rape charge is dismissed. The dismissal occurred after the 16-year-old accuser admitted that the alleged incident never happened, concluding six years he spent in prison.

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[โ€“] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These one in a thousand stories when the other 999 were legitimate are always used like this to help vindicate the narrative that women make it up

The problem is those thousand cases represent a fraction of the around one hundred thousand victims that will never get justice.

my grandpa always said that 100 attaboys will always get canceled out by only one "Aw shit"