How come sexual assault is one of hardest crime to prosecute vs every other crime?
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It’s down to the fact that the only defining characteristic differentiating “rape” and “rough sex” is consent. Consent leaves no physical evidence, and most people aren’t raping others in public.
This means most rape cases are “He said, she said” cases, with little to no way of telling whether this was a crime, or someone trying to get back at someone else. Not to mention that whatever few pieces of evidence could exist are typically quick to expire.
When courts are given a choice between letting a rapist walk, and ruining an innocent person’s life, they choose the latter. This makes rape an incredibly difficult thing to prove outside of certain circumstances
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