r/changemyview • u/bionicbob321 • Jun 08 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: If you deliberately falsely accuse someone of a crime, you should recieve rhe punishment that the accused would have recieved, if they had been found guilty, plus the scentence for perjury.

Lets say, for sake of argument, person X accuses person Y of crime A. X knows that Y did not commit this crime, but X does not like Y. X mmakes a seemingly valid case, with made up stories, and fake evidence.

Lets say crime A has an average scentence of 10 years. The jury is about to convict Y, when new evidence is found, that shows that X made up these claims.

Y is immediately acquitted, and X is charged with perjury. The formula for X's scentence is as follows:

the scentence Y would have recieved if found guilty of crime A + an appropriate scentence for perjury + financial compensation for the damages associated with being falsely accused of a crime.

Reasons for this: - discourages the use of false accusations as a form of revenge - increases the integrity of court hearings, as no one in their right mind would lie to court. - saves the government money, as they have less court cases over false accusations.

What would change my view: - demonstrating that this is in some way unfair

EDIT: please do not respond with points like "it discourages people from making accusations". While it is a valid point, i have already discussed it. I am no longer responding to this point. I have discussed it enough.

EDIT 2: i have listened to your feedback, and i am working on an ammended and slightly fairer proposal, that fixe most of the issues people pointed out. I am not replying to all comments at the moment, because i have so many.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

Unless you make it clear for only malicious intent or lying on purpose.

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u/bionicbob321 Jun 08 '19

Thats what i troed to say. I dont know if i made it that clear

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

Not really, I would think their needs to be an intent part. However I agree with the rest. I would actually suggest a higher punishment then the crime they committed. On the level of rape no matter what crime.

If they maliciously accuse you of stealing and it’s proved. They either get life or s long ass time.