The problem is
The lack of any evidence. Especially after so long. If there's any physical evidence it's far easier- there's testimony but there's also other stuff to back her up. It's just that it's really hard to prove anything in a rape trial as there's so much emotion and so little physical evidence to separate "rape" from consensual sex. Especially if it's your partner doing the raping.

I guess the only way you could prove it is if he'd done it previously you could set up the camera to record all night in the hope of catching him the next time.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 18 May 2009, 16:31, 1 reply)

I know all this, but as a father of two daughters, and knowing a couple of women who have been raped
I am aware (as much as a man can be) of the long term devastation rape causes. In this case I don't think he could be successfully prosecuted. I also know there are cases where there are false accusations. (That said, I don't think the false accusations are really all that common because of the trial women who make these allocations are exposed to.)

Rape is a horrible violent crime/action that should be punished as vigorously as possible. We need to make sure it really happened but we also need to make sure that when a woman (or man for that matter) says no, then she has to be listened to.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 18 May 2009, 17:55, closed)