In Rape Cases, it is Dangerous to Act on the Evidence of the Complainant Alone: Critically Analysis

Abstract

The research aims to investigate the impact on the accused if the judge deliver his/her judgment based upon the evidence of the complainant alone with regards to whether the accused was really guilty of charge of rape or attempted to rape. The finding of this study is ultimately, the risk of deciding the judgment based upon the evidence of the complainant alone is false allegations of rape and questions whether the complainant are becoming aware of ‘Rape-Revenge’ within the criminal justice system, whether they believe these allegations impact on the overall convictions rates of rape, what can be done to address false allegations that enter the police/courts process and what, if, any are the problems that they may cause. Particular attention will be paid to the recent dominance of legal media commentary and the views of professionals relating to the dangerous of acting on the evidence of the complainant alone in convicting the accused in rape cases. The Judge had always warned themselves not to convict the accused in rape cases upon evidence of the complainant alone as this will affect the criminal justice system. Therefore, this research presents some valuable points and research on how to deal with the evidence in rape cases and as well as the risk and impact of relying upon the evidence of the complainant alone.