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I believe that falsely accusing another person of rape with the intention of defaming that person should be a felony. CMV

The damage done to the wrongly accused is often terrible and irreparable. When one is accused of rape, they are often treated as if they are guilty before ever seeing a courtroom. They are often divorced by their spouses. They often lose their jobs, and they are often vilified by their friends and peers. Accusing another person of rape can in many cases ruin that person's life. 

When somebody accuses another of rape as a way to harm or intentionally defame that person it makes people more skeptical of actual rape victims. Obviously when somebody claims they were raped, everyone must take the accusation very seriously. Rape is one of the worst crimes a person can commit, IMO, and rape victims should be immediately trusted and accepted instead of doubted and questioned. False rape claims wrongfully perpetuate the idea that rape victims are lying about the crime or simply exaggerating.

I know someone who was falsely accused of rape. The supposed "victim" was caught in a series of lies and eventually admitted to accusing the other person of rape as a way to get back at them for some past event. So far, the accuser has seen no discipline. Please change my view.
gpt
I think the problem with this is the idea of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

When someone is accused of rape, and acquitted, that doesn't automatically mean that the person that accused them of rape was lying.  It could be that the person *did* rape them, and everyone knows it, but there wasn't evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to prove it.

Proving that someone intentionally lied about someone raping them is a whole separate issue from proving if they were raped in the first place.  They have to be treated as two separate cases.  You can't automatically assume that if one person is found innocent of rape, then their accuser should be found guilty of lying about the rape.

Unless the process is handled *very* carefully, it could serve as another barrier in preventing legitimate rape victims from reporting the crime.  If they feel that they could actually be thrown in jail for being a rape victim if the rapist has a better lawyer than them, they might be too afraid to report the crime.

Your idea sounds like a relatively good idea in theory, but how would you implement it in a feasible way that wouldn't put innocent rape victims in jail?