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by 1000units 2879 days ago
No, certainly not. The threat of serious legal reprisal deters criminals of all sorts, including rapists.
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Most rape trials fail to secure a conviction though, and that's when it's actually reported, majority of cases are not.

>The threat of serious legal reprisal deters criminals of all sorts

And yet we have plenty of crime..