How come sexual assault is one of hardest crime to prosecute vs every other crime?
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Most crimes are crimes no matter the circumstances, but with sex it’s only a crime if 1 party doesn’t consent. Like, in a murder trial, the defendant can’t just say the victim asked to be murdered, that’s still a crime, and pretty much no one asks to be murdered. But with sexual assault the defendant can say the other person said they wanted to do it, and now you have to prove they didn’t, which is nearly impossible. That’s why you really only see successful prosecution when the question of consent is removed (if the victim was a minor, drugs were involved, the attacker was in a position of authority over the victim, etc.)
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