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Originally Posted by sworkhard
Yes, those things matter. Both to being a jerk and to crashing at his house afterwards. As I said in my previous post, there is more to a court case than determining guilt or if the event happened. Further, suppose you were getting your best fiend drunk, knowing that he tended to get out of control and violent and then chose to egg him on anyhow. That won't change the fact that he assaulted you, but it could very well move the sentence from jail time to probation + community service.
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Sure. But the most common stat you see is that in Canada for every 1000 sex assaults about 30 are actually reported, about 7 go to trial and about 3 result in convictions. If I deserved a punch in the face, there is still a much better chance I'll get a successful result in court than if I'm sexually assaulted. And while all those factors determine length of sentences is physical assault cases, they often result in victims being deemed unreliable even before they see a court.