Comment by multijoy on 26/12/2022 at 20:29 UTC

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Because blindly believing one person over another isn't justice

That's not what we're doing, though. The jury gets both sides of the story and it is up to them to decide whether or not the case is proven.

If you're not going to allow convictions solely on testimonial evidence then you are effectively decriminalising rape within a significant number of scenarios, not least marital rape.

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Comment by iRunOnDoughnuts at 26/12/2022 at 22:10 UTC

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Yes. And as we've said before; we'd rather let 100 guilty men go free than lock up an innocent one.

There is no place for a he said/she said situation in a court of law, where the only evidence the jury deliberates upon is whether or not they believe one person.

Remember: the accused cannot be compelled to testify.