Lots of people commentating on the innocent/guilt dilemma and who to believe, but what I have noticed that a lot of these cases that are incindiary, in particular in the United States seem to emerge from the university system and I don't think this is an accident.
It seems outright byzantine to me. There appears to be a parallel justice system at work where complaints about serious crimes are brought to faculty or peers or title IX compliance officers rather than state authority directly. There are countless of informal relationships between students and teachers and people who are economically dependent in ways that are ripe for abuse. There appears to be a culture of brushing serious crimes under the carpet on one hand and a reaction of vigilante justice as a response.
It seems outright byzantine to me. There appears to be a parallel justice system at work where complaints about serious crimes are brought to faculty or peers or title IX compliance officers rather than state authority directly. There are countless of informal relationships between students and teachers and people who are economically dependent in ways that are ripe for abuse. There appears to be a culture of brushing serious crimes under the carpet on one hand and a reaction of vigilante justice as a response.