France does away with jury trials for rape cases.
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There has been a push for some while to do away with mens rea in rape cases. Some countries are further along the way than others but it all comes down to redefining rape as something that doesn't need intent anymore. If a "victim" feels they were raped then they were raped (actually only female "victims" need to apply)
It's actually quite disgusting. But as society thinks rape is the worst crime that one can commit (seriously. You want to show that your villain is a monster? Have him rape a woman. Murder? I sleep. Rape? Serious buisness) we go along with it in the hope that we can prevent rapes. Even rapes that never happened. Especially rapes that never happened.
Unless we start to very seriously punish people that falsely and knowingly accuse someone of a crime (any crime) it will only get worse.
Don’t some colleges actually let a woman claim she was raped after the fact? Like if she gets drunk and has consensual sex she can turn around and say it was rape?
As far as I am aware the university cangoroo-courts were/are worse than only that. Like not accepting evidence that would help the accused to not even hearing him/his side.
But it's been some time since I read into it, so I might misremember.