Other states having similar statutes doesn’t make it ok, or not archaic, or whatever term you have an issue with. Lady was raped and then bullied out of getting justice. I think you’re getting a little stuck on the wrong injustice here.
Also I hate to break it to you but Oklahoma already have plenty of evidence to be seen as a hillbilly backwater by many. That’s what happens when your state is happily sitting at the bottom of almost every list - public health, education, poverty, substance addiction etc and willingly turns down so many commonplace opportunities to better itself. This isn’t a jab at all, I’m from there and still visit often, but let’s be real lol
Haha, I can already see you’re a blast to have discussions with.
1. There’s information that suggests she wasn’t raped. Then there’s her information that she was. Then there’s the forensic information that really does the heavy lifting for prosecutors.
-prosecutors don’t throw cases out they can win easily, unless paid independent to do so.
-there’s a litany of possibilities that happened with that arrangement…some backed by video that it was a consensual situation.
-if the rape kit was definite and the prosecutor wasn’t bought, the case would’ve been continued.
-you come across pretty obtuse when you speak in absolutes regarding guilt in this scenario.
2. Politics don’t need to wander its way into discussions here.
-but, clarify your preference in states just so I can identify where you align if you don’t mind.
3. Stillwater DA isn’t exactly doing great on rape cases the last few years. Stillwater, not Oklahoma. -i’ve got an old teammate that never got a good start to life because of charges stemming from a choice of intercourse vs. paying for some substance. She chose intercourse, obviously so did he. She got her substance, he got a few years.