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Originally Posted by martyh
My god are you lot taking the pee , have you not ever heard of evidence we do not and never have relied only on "i say he raped me" we insist on verifiable evidence .In this case it would rely on dates and times that could be verified or witness evidence from someone not connected that saw him do what he is accused of .In your example the police would want fingerprints or other physical evidence they would not rely on your word the same as they do not rely on the word of a rape victim.
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How can you effectively prosecute abuse cases then? DNA doesn't last a long time and fingerprints don't really prove anything. Witnesses are rare since the abuser is unlikely to do it in such circumstances.
This is the justice system anyway. The victim's testimony is evidence and the question is if it's reliable or not, if there are many of them and they are dependable then that can be used in court and the jury can decide.