[Lilly]

Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

I already answered that one so will go for a beer

When you come back then.....I don't think that rape charges should be able to be made say 13 years later because the evidence is even more shaky than it was at the time.

People's memories fade and you will have a hell of a lot of unreliable witnesses. How can the accused be expected to recall their actions from 13 years ago? You'd know that you hadn't raped anyone but how could you prove it?

You couldn't prove that you hadn't raped anyone and the prosecution couldn't prove that you had because there'd be no evidence.

When a recent rape is reported all sorts of evidence / samples are taken....from the scene, from the woman, the man, clothes and posessions are seized for forensic purposes. You can't do this 13 years later.

There'll be no evidence and if you can't prove a man guilty then he must be found innocent so he'll get off.

All that police time, money, upset, trauma etc for nothing.

Why do you think that rapes should be able to be investigated no matter how long ago they were?