Why is sexual assault one of hardest crime to defend against yet one of the hardest to prosecute?

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I work in the legal field and I have heard many times that it’s difficult to prosecute these cases, but it’s a different story when it comes with defense attorneys. Defense attorneys always say that it’s nearly impossible to win these kinds of cases. Why is it like that?

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It often has no witnesses.

Quality of evidence is often poor.

Sometimes these cases re brought to court long after the alleged events.

How do you decide between these two situations . . .

a. He says “We were dating, and it was a mutual agreed activity”

b. She says “We had broken up and I didn’t want him to do that”

evidence is better if the victim goes to the police and the doctor immediately following the attack, and if there is biological evidence (semen / dna) to identify the accused.

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