In-depthexaminationofthedarksideofanAmericanjusticesystemwherewomenwhoreportsexualassaultareinsteadchargedwithperjuryandjailedforit.
InvestigativejournalistRaedeLeonhasdiscoveredastartlingpatterninrapecasesintheUnitedStates.Namely,thatwomenwhohavereportedasexualassaultaresuspectedoflyingbythepolice.Firsttheyareaccusedofmakinguptheirallegations,latertheyareprosecutedforgivingfalsetestimonyandsometimestheyendupservingprisonsentences.‘Victim/Suspect’showshowtherolesarereversedsotheperpetratorsaredeclaredinnocentwhilethevictimssometimesendupbehindbarsandothertimesendtheirlives.RaedeLeongetsfirst-handaccountsfromthewomenandinterviewslegalexpertsasshedelvesintopolicemethods,interrogationtechniquesandpreliminaryinvestigations,andtheoutcomerevealsacorruptsystem.NancySchwartzmanchartsalawenforcementagencythatconfusesvictimsandsuspectsandisrelevantfarbeyondAmerica’sborders.Itisapowerfultestimonytosystemicfailure,policehandlingofcasesandadeterminedjournalist’sattempttochangeit.
