Yeah it's not like the accused gets sentenced automatically. There's due process. No it doesn't always work. Surely we all know that by now.

The flip side is that not all accusations result in charges pressed and a trial. I think the victim has to want to press charges and testify. Or in other words, they must be willing to be put through that additional trauma. (They may not report the attack at all).

That's all assuming the laws actually cover what happened as rape, or sexual assault, etc.

For every case of an accuser lying and the accused being falsely imprisoned there are many more cases where the victim sees no justice whatsoever, unfortunately.