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False rape allegations

Woman’s sentence increased after multiple false rape allegations

A woman who lied to the police falsely accusing ten innocent men of rape had her sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP.

Police

Nonprofits sue DOJ over refusal to provide public records on now-defunct national police accountability database

Four organisations have sued the Department of Justice in federal court after it failed to release records on the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a federal police misconduct registry created in 2023 and shut down in early 2025.

False rape allegations

Woman jailed after falsely accusing multiple men of rape

Khloe Simmonds was jailed for seven and a half years for eight counts of perverting the course of justice, after making false rape allegations against a series of men between 2018 and 2026.

Police

Row over Met guide to 'inappropriate' terms

A 14-page Met document lists dozens of 'inappropriate terms' officers must avoid in reports sent to senior officers and CPS lawyers, and legal experts warn it tells police to abandon neutrality in records that later reach a courtroom.

USA

Family of Milwaukee man falsely accused of threatening Trump plans to sue DHS

A planned lawsuit claims the Department of Homeland Security lied when it accused Ramón Morales Reyes of threatening assassination.

Iris Seabolt, Notre Dame attorneys discuss her exoneration

Iris Seabolt's felony murder conviction has been dismissed after 23 years, ending a case built on jailhouse informants who later admitted they had lied.

False allegations

September 9th Is International Falsely Accused Day

Wendy McElroy on International Falsely Accused Day, marked each 9 September on Simon Warr's birthday, and why the safeguards of Western jurisprudence exist precisely because accusers sometimes lie.

Canada

Cardinal Ouellet Was a “Victim of Defamation”: His Accuser Ordered to Pay Compensation

The Superior Court of Quebec has ruled that Cardinal Marc Ouellet was the victim of slander and defamation and falsely accused of sexual violence, ordering his accuser to pay 100,000 Canadian dollars for the damage to his reputation.

The Sandusky Hearing and the Cost of Overzealous Prosecution

Can the law still protect us in an age of “moral panic,” where we find ourselves condemning the innocent and protecting the guilty?

Sandusky to cancel hearing, seek federal remedy for appeal

Jerry Sandusky will withdraw from a hearing at which accuser Ryan Rittmeyer was due to recant, and pursue federal habeas relief instead.