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You can have someone come in and say, i was sexually violated and this is what happened. because there's no physical evidence, it is harder to prosecute. however, again, i'm going back to the outcry evidence, because she told right away, very much plays in her favor and the prosecution's favor. >> and thomas, let me ask you this from a defense attorney's standpoint, do you think there's any discussion at this point, any thought at this point of some kind of plea deal? chblt i really don't know. i'm not involved in the case. the charges are so serious that i have trouble believing that any dece...

Let's talk about forensics. obviously what happens is it makes a case very easy if you have forensic evidence. if you have dna evidence, if you have anything else to subject something was amiss there. but what you're seeing more and more in rape cases, you have experts that testify in court to this, oftentimes either rape victims or sexual abuse or assault victims don't come forward for a variety of reasons, whether it's embarrassment, they just are not ready to come forward, whether you suppress or repress the feeling about it. so often what a district attorney does, a prosecutor, is they rel...

>> and this is a case that dates back almost ten years ago. >> that's right. almost 12. >> yeah. how much is that going to make it harder for the prosecution going forward? >> i don't think it is, and here's why. there's a type of evidence called outcry evidence, and that is whether the complaining witness actually told on time. and she did, ayman. she told right away she went through the proper procedures of telling the prosecution. the prosecution at that time decided not to file charges. so it's not on her. the problem the prosecution's going to have is there isn't physical evidence. there ...