There’s always a line you have to draw. If the standard of proof was so high that you made sure 100.000000000% of guilty people were guilty, there might be hundreds or thousands of murderers that walk and end up killing someone else. It’s about finding the right balance because pure perfection in a process is almost never attainable.
Obviously you don’t want to put away dozens of innocents to make sure you catch every guilty person either. It’s a difficult balance and opinions differ on where the line should be drawn.
I just read today about a 37 year old well known physical trainer who was arrested in California today for sexual assault on at least two 14-15 yr old girls. He was arrested back in 2010 for raping an unconscious woman but acquitted. Looks like the law didn’t do its job (and he probably got off due to connections/wealth) and now there’s 2 more victims.
Here’s the quote from the 2010 woman,
"They just believed whatever he said," the woman, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situation, told ESPN in a phone call. "The whole narrative through the trial was that nothing happened. ... It was just gross. I just felt alone and like they made me out to be crazy."
The woman said she had "zero connection" to people in the current case. But she added: "I knew this day was coming, but this is even worse than I thought."
Calif. trainer charged with sexually abusing minor