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GreenKnight127 posted...

Women in today's society DO need to prove a rape/assault/harassment occurred. Does that concept blow your mind or something? How else would a woman expect law enforcement to magically find evidence against the man to result in a conviction unless she brings something forward beyond a verbal testimony?

Because that's how things usually work?

You don't walk into the police station and say "I was raped! Here's several swabs I took of myself, witness statements from my neighbours, security camera footage taken from the gas station down the street that shows the suspect leaving my house, and an itemized history of rapes in the neighbourhood to help zero in on the culprit."

You walk in and say, "I was raped" and the cops take it from there.

GreenKnight127 posted...

In the case of Kavanaugh, since this incident happened almost 35 freakin' YEARS ago....what the hell does she expect the FBI to "investigate" exactly?

Dunno how many times you want me to say this, but no one's talking about a criminal trial here. No one is saying Kavanaugh has to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If it looks likely that he committed the action he is being accused of, that's probably good enough for the senate.

GreenKnight127 posted...

Unless someone's got a torn swimsuit with Kavanaugh's fingerprints on it....I don't know what the hell people are expecting to find that could damn him.

So, you know that criminal cases don't necessarily require physical evidence, right? Like, it's possible to get a conviction based on testimony alone?

I mean, think about it - rape would be pretty difficult to prosecute if that wasn't the case. All the guy has to say is "Yeah, we had sex, and it was pretty rough but it was consensual" and that almost completely invalidates any physical evidence of the crime.

GreenKnight127 posted...

I could go into a police station right now and claim that my neighbor is a pedophile. The first question the cops are going to ask is, "Do you have any evidence to support that claim? Why would you think that your neighbor is a pedophile?"

In other words, the cops are going to investigate, starting by asking for your statement and taking down notes on your accusation?

Weird, that's almost exactly what I said they should be doing.
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