Australian sex therapist and men’s rights advocate Bettina Arndt criticizes recent changes in Australia’s enforcement of rape laws prompted by a report of the Australian Law Reform Commission that found the system was failing to hold “those who use sexual violence to account.” She points out that this intensified push to prosecute has resulted in many men being falsely charged based on flimsy evidence. In Australia’s legal system, judges can award a defendant a “costs certificate” (reimbursing their legal fees) in cases where the judge finds that a prosecution was unwarranted and should never have been brought. Such awards have recently doubled in rape cases, suggesting that prosecutors are bowing to political pressure to charge men in cases that turn out to be dubious.
Are Australia’s Rape Reforms Sending Innocent Men to Jail?
