Hardly one. Latest among many. And how many rape claims are false, yet have not been shown to be so.
Well this is a big country - that amounts to only 30 per 100,000 per year
Excuse me?
What does that matter? Are you really saying that just because our country is so big a violent crime against a person doesn't matter?
(compare that to bombastic claims of "1 in 4" or "1 in 5" over a woman's 4 year college attendance). And who knows how many of those and how many are true. The 25% arrest rate (if accurate) reflects the level of evidence available that a crime has been committed.
Exactly. You get a clever rapist, he can commit rapes with impunity.
And even among those that lead to arrest, prosecution and even conviction, many are false. Remember Brian Banks who spent 5 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit and that actually never happened?
Remember Alex Kelly who raped two teenage girls, then lived free in Europe funded by his parents for 10 years?
Wonder how many rapists are like him?
Wonder how many are unreported?
Impossible to know since they weren't reported.
Betcha there are a lot more of those, than false claims, since rapes without sufficient evidence are often dismissed. Not because a crime didn't happen, but because it's not prosecutable.