If an individual is released from prison after the person who accused them of rape confesses/found by court that the accusation was false, should the accuser face the same legal consequences or serve the same sentence the accused get for making a false accusation?

I think it should be worse. It wasn’t just jail time, it was a permanent stain in someone’s life. Emotional trauma, loss of reputation, legal expenses, loss of job (I guess) and consequential unemployability….and loss of credibility for all the people who were actually victim of abuse.

The punishment has to be fair.