# Should those accused of rape be anonymous as well? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-those-accused-of-rape-be-anonymous-as-well/531005 "2010-03-02T17:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-those-accused-of-rape-be-anonymous-as-well/531005/61 "2010-03-03T22:05:13Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I didn’t say women NEVER lie, but it’s the great exception, not the rule. That’s just an ideologically driven assertion; as far as I know, there aren’t any generally accepted numbers. The estimates I’ve come across range from “None! Women never lie about being raped”, to 60-70 percent. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-those-accused-of-rape-be-anonymous-as-well/531005/62 "2010-03-03T22:52:11Z")
What evidence are those estimates based on? ---
**Author:** ![utansc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/cdc98d/32.png) [@utansc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utansc)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-those-accused-of-rape-be-anonymous-as-well/531005/63 "2010-03-21T08:46:56Z")
No name of anyone arrested should be published unless they are convicted and found guilty. If found guilty publish all you want everywhere and anywhere. Recently I had a friend accussed of raping 2two 14 year olds. He was on every nightly news channel. Front page in every paper. Headline, “Busted, City Council candidate and actor arrested for raping and molesting two 14 nyear olds.” Bail $500,000. Arrainment Monday. 30 hours later he was released on a Saturday night with no bail and all charges dropped. Now on the streets he is looked at like a child molester. He was fired from both of his jobs, bacause everyone around our town thinks he is a child rapist. My friend dedicated his life to helping people, and was unjustly crucified. Why should anyones name be published before being found guilty? Beacause it sells papers and helps ratings? It’s not right! Apparently the girls admitted that they made it all up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-those-accused-of-rape-be-anonymous-as-well/531005.md?page=3)