[saillias]

Originally Posted by Johnny199r

After being a lawyer in Alberta for a few years, I'd say the Crown has a success rate of about 15-20% in sexual assault trials.

The majority of the time, it comes down to he said vs she said, with no other physical evidence or witnesses, over a time period that happened a long time ago.

If the accused takes the stand, denies the offence, is a somewhat believable person, he isn't getting convicted. Unless you draw a judge that is super Crown friendly and always convicts.

I've had judges put an accused on a peace bond after finding the accused not guilty, because they believe the complainant, but can't be sure it happened because they weren't there and have no definitive proof.

I wonder how that changes for the Ghomeshis and Cosbys when we're dealing with a small army of accusers