Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange

Re:Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange by icebraining on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:38AM (#10385410)

Of course, if the victim claims the crime didn't happen, it obviously makes it harder to prove it did, and the prosecutor will take that into account when deciding if the case should be brought to trial.

But there are important reasons why one wouldn't press charges despite having suffered the crime; a few of the obvious ones include fear of retaliation, being unwilling to be in the presence of the perpetrator(s), lying to protect them, etc. And despite that refusal, there still may there be enough evidence to prove it happened.

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Re:Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange by talmand on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:32AM (#10386484)

Sure, if there is evidence beyond the victim then I can see the case moving forward. But I'm deliberately speaking of situations where often the only evidence is from the victim, which is often common with rape cases. Which is what started the whole thread and my initial question. It's just that I keep getting hypothetical cases outside that original context.

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