The urgent need to move from 'believe the victim' to 'question the allegation': Why language matters
Language matters. It matters because the words or phrases that we use reflect how we think about social and legal issues and what we do,...
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empowerinnocent
- Jul 5
- 4 min
When Does Negligence Become Perversion? - The Case of Julian Wright
Julian Wright Julian Wright was charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis and money-laundering in 2016. He was arrested in...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 29
- 7 min
Camilla, Queen Consort and the Misandrist Message
'Since 2010, there has been a massive media campaign presented by what we survivors of false accusations refer to as “the victimhood...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 28
- 3 min
Penney Lewis's Thoughts for the Parliamentary Justice Committee
Professor Lewis, Law Commissioner for criminal law. On June 26th 2023 the Justice Committee sat at the House of Commons to hear evidence...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 27
- 9 min
Rape allegations and the inversion of the presumption of innocence
Michel Foucault’s methodology for understanding the contemporary moment was to conduct what he termed histories of the present; forms of...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Regretted Sex
He said it was a one-night stand They disagreed, he had to take the stand The jury sided with her view They had no choice, the judge told...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Unseen Victims, by Emma Wells – a review
'We can find the actions of some characters in UV reprehensible, until we try to think a mile in their prison plimsoles.' Emma Wells has...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Plea Bargains and Corruption – Maintaining Innocence in the US
'These men not only intimidated and threatened me, but broke my husband’s plea agreement and sentenced him - a non-violent, first time...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 21
- 5 min
'Rape Myths' in a Flawed Justice System
'If the prosecution fails to disclose vital evidence to the defence, and the verdict is guilty, how will the defendant fight their...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Beyond Social Shaming: The Fellowship of the Forum
The new False Allegations Forum's (FAF) first meeting to put into action an urgent counter-discourse. 'But eventually Dum spiro spero –...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Types of False Accusers
MF: The Malicious Fabricator; PIA: Pressure Induced; UW: Unreliable Witness; AS: Attention Seeker; MB: Misguided Believer....
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 6
- 3 min
False Allegations Forum (FAF)
"Innocence Wall" by Sean Bw Parker False Allegations Forum (FAF) is a new Empowering the Innocent (ETI) initiative. It brings together...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 6
- 6 min
My Journey as an Immigrant Spouse, Falsely Accused
'I was constantly forced to entertain my sister in law, who made untoward advances towards me and invited me alone in her room.' 'It was...
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empowerinnocent
- Jun 1
- 9 min
Unproven Allegations of Risk on Enhanced DBS Certificates
'How reliable is the evidence that they had done what was alleged?' 1. Ian Huntley was convicted of molesting and killing two...
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empowerinnocent
- May 30
- 3 min
Schofield, Spacey, and A New Puritan Meltdown
'The public pile-on on Twitter for both would imply they'd been responsible for both the Bay of Pigs attack and 9/11 combined.' British...
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empowerinnocent
- May 28
- 7 min
How to Win Elections Using #MeToo
“It was surreal having the news broken to me by the internet,” Miller said. “I was alone sitting at my desk surrounded by co-workers,...
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empowerinnocent
- May 25
- 3 min
Blue-on-Blue Toxicity: The Case of Amanda Aston
Amanda Aston "Kevin Baumber, defending, said she had felt professionally threatened by Mr Taylor after they broke up and that her...
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empowerinnocent
- May 24
- 2 min
Twitter responds to the Home Office reply to the letter to the PM re false allegations
Earlier this month, False Allegations Watch (FAW) published a joint open letter to the Prime Minister from some of the leading...
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empowerinnocent
- May 24
- 9 min
Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Felicity Stryjak's Speech to the FACT Spring Conference 2023 Forgotten Inmate (2018) by Sean Bw Parker When I was asked by Brian to give...
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empowerinnocent
- May 24
- 3 min
Speakers, Panels and some Rays of Sunshine - The FACT Spring Conference 2023
'How the hell are you meant to catch a fish if you can't go fishing?' - Suzanne Gower on ever-increasing obstacles to a real defence in...
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