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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Sexual assault is one of the only crimes that people voluntarily engage in. Nobody is going to believe I gave a random stranger my wallet or asked him to shoot me, but every day millions of people have casual sex with both acquaintances and total strangers. Proving that the sex wasn’t consensual beyond a shadow of a doubt is incredibly difficult.

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