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As shitty as it sounds, her case was doomed- that's not to say that the guy was innocent, but they'd have been hard-pressed to get a guilty verdict on him. The woman was a stripper, which instantly loses you credibility points to a jury, she'd been fired for being found with another female and cocaine in the strip club bathroom (which shows she may also have been high), and it was a "coerced" act, not a forced act (as in, not forced rape- it was "do this or go to jail" coerced rape). She was screwed from the get-go, unfortunately.
And yeah, the justice system isn't perfect- but the lawyer convinced a jury that he was not guilty. Would you prefer that the pendulum swing the other way, and innocent people get guilty convictions? I'd honestly rather some guilty people go free on far-fetched tactics or technicalities than any innocent person get put in jail.
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