Originally Posted by Nodrog

Despite sensationalism on both sides, rape is no different from any other form of assault and shouldnt be treated differently from other criminal charges. If there is a general law where people who have been demonstrated to have lied about assault/burglary/murder/whatever charges are to be named/not-named, then the same should apply to rape cases as a matter of course.

Generally speaking, anyone who can be shown beyond reasonable doubt to have fabricated criminal charges under any circumstance should be punished heavily; a reasonable outcome would be giving them whatever sentence the defendant would have been expected to receive had the prosecution been successful.