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Prosecutors are very aggressive. Declining to charge means severe lack of evidence. Basically she's a liar.
by j46a1 12y ago
Prosecutors are very aggressive. Declining to charge means severe lack of evidence. Basically she's a liar.
- ceejayoz 12y agoBullshit. Prosecutors like their 100% conviction rates, to the point where they lie to judges, manipulate evidence, etc. http://www.propublica.org/article/who-polices-prosecutors-who-abuse-their-authority-usually-nobody http://www.propublica.org/article/who-polices-prosecutors-wh... There are plenty of crimes that don't leave particularly useful evidence. Pointing a gun at someone is illegal, but how do you prove it happened? Same issue in many rape cases. Cops in some areas also have a history of suppressing reporting and/or evidence to keep crime statistics down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft
- maco 12y agoSince more recently published court documents have shown this to be a sexual assault / rape and domestic violence arrest, some statistics are in order. Particularly relevant is the fact that only 14-18% of sexual assault cases are prosecuted, or 37% for rape alone. http://www.uky.edu/CRVAW/files/TopTen/07_Rape_Prosecution.pdf http://www.uky.edu/CRVAW/files/TopTen/07_Rape_Prosecution.pd... Given that, it would actually be highly unusual if he DID go to trial.
- ta140604 12y ago> Since more recently published court documents have shown this to be a rape and domestic violence arrest Wanted to ask you for a link, went on and found one myself: http://ia701204.us.archive.org/19/items/gov.uscourts.ord.115658/gov.uscourts.ord.115658.5.0.pdf http://ia701204.us.archive.org/19/items/gov.uscourts.ord.115...