09-20-2018, 03:05 PM
(09-20-2018, 02:11 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: I keep seeing this “no crime was committed” defense. When did attempted rape become not a crime?
As described it would certainly be sexual battery. If the accusation is true there's no way anyone could logically claim no crime was committed. As to whether it would have ever been filed by the DA, based on experience I'd say there's little to no chance that the incident would have been prosecuted had it been reported back then. The DA tends to avoid "one on one" cases, essentially when the only evidence is one person's word against another. Throw in the drinking teenagers and the fuzzy memory about most of the incident and you're looking at a DIE, declined to file due to insufficient evidence.
