TEACH WOMEN NOT TO LIE! How a False Domestic-Violence Charge Ruined An NBA Career. “If you’re wondering whether authorities will charge this woman with perjury, think again. Forged documents, false allegations, and defamatory lies in police reports or restraining-order petitions are met with a shrug. The county attorney refused to charge Cunningham’s accuser with making a false police report, telling the AP he was reluctant to bring those charges for fear of ‘a chilling effect’ such an action might have on future victims of domestic violence.”

You’d think you’d want to chill people who make false accusations.