"Why should a victim of crime be obliged to prove a case against their aggressor?"
That's what I have issue with more than anything else. We don't know that they are a victim until the trial has concluded. Until then they're just claiming to be a victim. They may well be right, they may be honestly mistaken (it was dark and I mistook who he was), or they may be less honestly mistaken (I was drunk and assumed), or they may be maliciously mistaken (revenge).
Even if they have been beaten up or whatever, so it's pretty clear they didn't make it up, we should act cooly and say until we've had the trial, it's all just accusations.
Nobody should be a "victim" until there has been a trial. Innocent until proven guilty, accuser until proven victim.
That's what I have issue with more than anything else. We don't know that they are a victim until the trial has concluded. Until then they're just claiming to be a victim. They may well be right, they may be honestly mistaken (it was dark and I mistook who he was), or they may be less honestly mistaken (I was drunk and assumed), or they may be maliciously mistaken (revenge).
Even if they have been beaten up or whatever, so it's pretty clear they didn't make it up, we should act cooly and say until we've had the trial, it's all just accusations.
Nobody should be a "victim" until there has been a trial. Innocent until proven guilty, accuser until proven victim.