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Originally Posted by Makarov
This simply is not true. In Canada, the Crown frequently prosecutes sexual assaults based purely on the statement of a complainant (which, as you correctly note, is the only Crown evidence in the majority of sexual assault cases). Further, courts frequently convict an accused person solely or primarily on the basis of a complainant's evidence so long as, after being subjected to cross-examination etc., the complainant's evidence is credible and the evidence of the accused (if he or she testifies) is not credible enough to raise a reasonable doubt.
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So really in Canada I can be charged with sexual assault if I am less believable than my accuser with no other evidence? Wow that's an eye opener.