RightOfCenter

I think its justified as well, and have said as much. I simply don't think its fair to villainize the woman. She may very well have been afraid that it would be a "Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" situation, but I don't think she expected her lover to end up dead.

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would she have caried on with the rape story if the guy had got away?

I cant really think of a more reasonable reason to kill someone than catching someone raping their wife its very difficult to say what happened when when its one pesons word against another.

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Kandahar

Not the same thing. Making a split-second decision to yell "rape" in a moment of panic is hardly the same thing as continuing the charade long after you've had the opportunity to think about the consequences of your actions. It's entirely plausible that if her boyfriend had been arrested on rape charges in the ensuing confusion, that she'd have come clean with the police within just a few hours.

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MSgt

She can think about it all she wants. The fact remains. She yelled rape where there was none and she should pay severly for it. You have no idea if she would have come clean. Plenty do not. This is a woman who was cheating, lying, and disrespecting. Whether or not she would have had the honor to come clean while her "rapist" was being charged should not free her from the false accusation.

Imagine if the woman you were with all of sudden decided to scream "rape." Your entire life is now in her hands and it hangs on whether or not people believe her in the end or she deciding to be honest. You can be freed as easily as go to prison for years. Either way, the public knows you as a rapist.

The punishment for this kind of false accusation should be severe.

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RightOfCenter

Are you suggesting charging her with another crime?

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No. Busting her *** for the false accusation is all that is necessary. She didn't pull the trigger nor plan for a trigger. She was just stupid and because of the nature of her stupidity, it was right that she serve as an example to other stupid people who get stupid ideas like this.

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Voidwar

She's a WITCH !!

LaMidRighter

I would say they are reckless acts within the same context. I don't know a single person who says that drunk driving is okay, but I doubt most drunk drivers are thinking that someone could get hurt. If I were married and my wife screamed rape, the "suspect" would die, that would be a more certain probability than a drunk driver killing someone in an accident. I don't think she had intent to harm, but she was grossly negligent with regard to her lovers safety, and the end result was his death.

I disagree for the above principle. A drunk driver might have the rationale that it isn't a long drive and there aren't many factors that could lead to harm, say, small town after hours, backroads.....etc.......etc. This woman should have known that her husband would protect her from harm at all costs, I believe, in fact, that the husband is the ONLY innocent party in all of this.

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She turned me into a newt.