jones wrote:
Anzac wrote:
Juvenile comment and slang from bad TV shows from the '70s and '80s.
Corroborative evidence is far more important than any cooperation unless the latter is required to establish an offence.
Before I moved to AUS they changed the law in NZL in regards to domestic violence so that the victim did not need to press charges in order for the offending party to be arrested and charged, IF there was sufficient evidence to do so.
"Juvenile" 😆 you've been calling Adebayor and Anelka "Greedy" and "le sulk" for a couple decades mate. Not sure you're in any position to correct people on what's hip slang either way, what do you think they call constables these days?
The last "if" part is obviously the relevant contingency here. The CPS can arrest and charge people for sexual crimes without the victim's say so, but there's usually very little evidence (for arrest or charges) without the victim's statement and cooperation.
Yeah the circumstances in regards to domestic violence are different to this scenario, however the Greenwood situation is very much about corroboration rather than cooperation.
It's always much harder to produce strong corroborative evidence when the alleged offence is not reported until some later, particularly in regards to sexual assaults.
As for the other IMO there is a difference in referring to an individual from a specific incident/s, as opposed to a general tarring everyone of a type with the same brush. As such IMO it's no different in principle to the thought process of racism.