What percentage of rape cases that are taken to court are won by the accuser?
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its pretty hard to win a case like that, maybe unless semem is found inside her or signs of forcing
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If you're forced to have sex, it's rape.  The law makes no distinction.
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True, America is one of the most crime-infested countries in the world. But justice is also more readily dispensed, and a person has the law to protect them.\nOnce there is a law in place, it brings security and peace of mind to the people, that at the very least they know that their rights have been breached if no justice is served.\n\nAs for the middle east.\nCrime is not statistic. It's not always reported. Many women might not live in fear, but when they are raped, when their virginity is at stake, when they have stepped out of the norms of what a woman in the Mid-East culture is typically expected to conform within - they fear for their family's reputation (and their family fears for their own, as well as their daughter), their family might push them not to report it for fear that the report would send wild rumours that she is a whore (if she was raped) and her marriage prospects would diminish.\nMy fiance lived in the middle east most of his life. My housemate is a mid-eastern guy who's born and raised there all his life.\nWhat they tell me, I back up with stuff I read on the news, as well as from friends who've had mid-east backgrounds.\n\nIt's a very cultural thing.\nWhile it's true that it's racist to label an arab as a racist (An American man can be just as prone to rape as the next Arab man. It doesn't depend on their nationality, but numerous factors including family background, childhood, culture, religion,etc.), it's also true that rape in the Middle East is widely unreported, little justice is dispensed.\nMy housemate tells me that little boys are raped so often that the police usually turns a blind eye to the rapes, especially when it involves a local arab (the richer the more powerful) and a foreigner.\nIn countries like the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia, they're more likely to push the blame to a foreigner or a black man (They are very degradatorily called "Habashi" in the colloquial lingo).\nThat isn't justice. Maids and foreign workers - it's not unknown for them to be sexually assaulted and abused by some arab men who see them as nothing but a paid prostitute who does the household chores for them, a paid slave.\nDid you know that in the Phillippines, before a maid is sent to an Arab country in the middle east, she is required to go through a mandatory 'culture' course which includes "Sexual abuse" and so on?\nMy nanny was from the Phillippines and she told me that she changed her mind when they were warned about the countless cases of maids who are sexually defiled and sent back in a disgrace as if they were the ones who 'seduced' the male, without any compensation. \nSome aren't even paid. Living conditions can range to the extremes - either work in luxury or work in filth. In U.A.E it's not uncommon for workers to have their pays held back for months, and the living conditions to be horrid.\nShe changed her mind, and came to work for us in my country. The Mid-East states are the only time maids go through those courses. Why?\nOF course, there must be a reason why. In the news today, it was even mentioned that Indonesia and Phillippines have been thinking to control and limit the number of maids being sent to the MId-East.\n\nI'm not saying that the Arabs have more potential to be rapists than the Americans.\nBut I'm saying that you cannot use statistics to prove your point because the ones used by the mid-east are wild estimates (or 'guesstimates'), with little accuracy or evidence to back up their claims.\n\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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In the United States, one in 3 women will be raped in her lifetime, many as teenagers.  http://www.coolnurse.com/today_at_cn.htm\nAccording to the US Dept. of Justice:\nsomeone in America is raped every 2 minutes. \n2/3 of rape victims are under the age of 18. \n29% of female victims reported that they were attacked by a stranger, which means that about 70% of female victims knew their attacker. \nWomen annually report about 500,000 rapes.  http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Emotional/4127.html
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It is not a finding of "innocent".  There is no finding of innocent in criminal court anywhere.  It is a judgement not withstanding the verdict or JNOV.
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i dont really know, but what i do know is that in Pakistan islamic laws at the moment say that if a woman is raped they have to have 4 male witnesses or they are tried for adultry, and they are only considering changing the law now!
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In criminal trials, you have to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.  That is 99.999% guilty.  In civil courts, you only have to be 51% guilty.  So the president of the criminal trial really doesn't matter.
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the DA decides whether or not there is enough evidence to prosecute.\nEveryone has the right to be tried by a jury, that would be up to the offender to decide. \nThe outcome of a civil suit is usually decided by the judge. and criminal cases by jury.\nI guess i would say #4 is the answer. \nThe jury weighs evedence in a case to determine if an offender is innocent or guilty.
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People believe what they hear from the media...  95% of sex offences are committed by family or close friends of the victim and less than 5% of sex offenders re-offend.  The media likes to rely on poster children to get viewers and the politicians rely on pointless laws to get votes.  It's really sick what our government has become.
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I'm not sure about an exact percentage, but I do know more people use public defenders than "real lawyers."  I went with my boyfriend when he had court, and I was there for about two hours before his case was called.  I would say there was maybe 5 people who wasn't using a public defender.  It really amazed me.
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Some very good answers already given. I will add this: at least 10% of those seeking help at Rape-Crises Centers are men who have been raped. Mostly they have been raped by other "straight" men. Rape is an act of violence and violation. It is not a sex act although sexual organs may be involved. Many more rapes are committed than are ever reported. \n\nIf the man is not a willing partner and the act is forced upon him, whatever that act involves, that is a form of rape. If a man cannot give consent (drugged, unconscience, mentally impaired or mentally incompetent), most juries would consider that act rape.\n\n"Sued" is rightly questioned by other answerers. Of course one can sue for damages and doctor's costs. Rape is a felony and really belongs in criminal court. A rapist belongs in jail.  Is that rapist still responsible for helping pay back the survivor? Of course, and that is the civil suit.\n\nGood and difficult topic. Thanks for the question.
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I know a guy who had this happen to him but by an ex-girlfriend.  He said she even had her mom, who was a nurse make up bogus documents at the hospital saying that she was examined and found to have been raped.  He said it was revenge on her part and that he never did such a thing.  I believe him because if he really did rape her, he would have never even brought it up.  I do not know the girl.  He had know reason to tell me the story other than to confide in me.  He says he hates our gov't and that it is twisted and anybody can do anything just as long as you have the right connections and the right amount of money.  I believe this too.\n\nI suggest two things.\n\n1- You get a lawyer that will represent YOU.  Do some shopping around.  I know you do not have a lot of money but find a way to get some.  Save up, beg, organize a fundraiser.  Don't steal though.  You don't need to make things worse.  Contact news stations and radio stations and talk show host.  Speak out.\n\n2- Do not give up.  Pray.  Believe in yourself and others will believe in you.  No matter what pressure they put you under, or how they try to coerce you, saying "Just admit you did it and legally, it will go easier for you.", do not do it.  It will be better if you are in the end found innocent after a long, long battle than to have everybody thinking you did it and having it on your record for years just because you were under pressure.  My friend never "admitted" and because of that it went very badly for him in jail and with probation and he did not get the priveledges the other guys did because they admitted it.  He was deemed uncooperative.  Under this kind of pressure, you might just want to make up a story just to get them off your back but with the right supports and actions, lawsuit, etc you can win and have it taken off your record.\n\nRemember.  You are the most important person in your life.  Don't ever let anybody put you down.  You have to fight for yourself.
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In the UK it is a case of one mans words against a womans. \nThe womans sexual history is dragged through the courts while the law protects the mans from being talked about because his past history means nothing ?????\nIf there is evidence of lack of consent then it mans a lot. But often there's nothing (think about how often a woman would want to sit around in the police station feeling disgusting and to be subjected to intimate examinations after that kind of ordeal).
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or murder for that matter.  the statute for rape however is 5 years.
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If it is true that sucks for the guy that it happened to. I think that alot of women try and make themself the victimes. It is wrong that our laws let them get away with it. A girl can scream rape and a mens life is over and the girl makes up this whole story.
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Rape happens all the time, unfortunately.  I'm guessing it's the media that focuses more on celebrities who get accused of it because it makes a bigger splash.  I'm not sure they actually have a higher rate of crime than the general population.
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There are cases of women physically abusing men, but it is rarely reported as the men tend to be too embarrassed to report that they have been hit by the women in their lives. It is hard to tell, what the percentage is, again as it is rarely reported, but I believe that it is probably approx. 80/20 percent men abusing women rather than vive versa. Please note that there are other forms of abuse that don't actually involve hitting someone, if the person throws things during a rage, or threatens or intimidates or even simply yelling at someone can be very damaging as it instills fear in their partner.