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Why single out rape trials specifically?
by Udo 11y ago
Why single out rape trials specifically?
- smegel 11y agoAre any other kinds of trials little more than a game of spot-the-liar?
- netrus 11y agoRape is interesting in this regard because it is an especially severe crime that might be very hard to proof. Murder has a body and a weapon, but rape might be indistinguishable from consensual sex, when you just look at hard physical evidence (medical examination, text messages, ...). If you want to give justice to most rape victims, you have to decide who is lying, and who is saying the truth.
- draugadrotten 11y ago> If you want to give justice to most rape victims, you have to decide who is lying, and who is saying the truth. It is also possible that both victim and rapist are telling the truth, but it still is an open question if it's a rape. Example: Julian Assange case with the broken condom.
- seren 11y agoMost white collar crimes also fall in that category. Was it pure negligence or was it engineered ?
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoRape is also a crime where people incorrectly judge what a real victim acts like, and are likely to assume actual victims are lying.