Re:Gittip, Year Two
by j46a1 on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @01:42PM
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He was exonerated and is suing her for libel and assault. www.scribd.com/doc/170684165/Michael-Schwern-Exonerated
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Prosecutors declining to charge isn't the same as exoneration, as much as a defense lawyer might want to convince you of such.
Prosecutors are very aggressive. Declining to charge means severe lack of evidence. Basically she's a liar.
Bullshit. Prosecutors like their 100% conviction rates, to the point where they lie to judges, manipulate evidence, etc. http://www.propublica.org/article/who-polices-prosecutors-wh...
There are plenty of crimes that don't leave particularly useful evidence. Pointing a gun at someone is illegal, but how do you prove it happened? Same issue in many rape cases.
Cops in some areas also have a history of suppressing reporting and/or evidence to keep crime statistics down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft
Since more recently published court documents have shown this to be a sexual assault / rape and domestic violence arrest, some statistics are in order.
Particularly relevant is the fact that only 14-18% of sexual assault cases are prosecuted, or 37% for rape alone. http://www.uky.edu/CRVAW/files/TopTen/07_Rape_Prosecution.pd...
Given that, it would actually be highly unusual if he DID go to trial.
> Since more recently published court documents have shown this to be a rape and domestic violence arrest
Wanted to ask you for a link, went on and found one myself:
http://ia701204.us.archive.org/19/items/gov.uscourts.ord.115...