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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I am not sure that a non conviction always equals a false accusation.
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It definitely does not, but I'm just not sure what other measure people have to say what is a "false accusation." The 1-2% statistic may be correct, but it seems to be inherently unreliable.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Lawyers what is the success rate for rape convictions and what might be reasons for failure?
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I'm seeing something called the National Violence Against Women Survey that indicates that only 37% of rape cases involving an adult female victim are prosecuted and only 18% of them ultimately lead to a conviction. The low conviction rate is partially due to the victims declining to testify, and partially due to the existence of reasonable doubt in what often comes down to he said/she said cases.