How come sexual assault is one of hardest crime to prosecute vs every other crime?
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Speaking as someone who works in a county jail and works hand in hand with the courts……some jurisdictions are afraid to prosecute these crimes, and some will rush them. In the cases my county gets, I feel as if they are rushed and the victim doesn’t have enough time to process and overcome the situation, and is put in the spotlight when the trauma is still front and center in their mind. Victims aren’t given enough assistance to heal, which ends up making their testimony weaker. The taboo of sex in America also plays a big part, judges do not want to deal with it and seem to always take both sides before accepting charges.
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