From your posts here looks like you side with the Duggars.

So you think they're just greedy gold-digging whores, right?

Who are just attacking a defenseless old man and trying to get paid?

Because if they weren't greedy gold-digging whores they would go to the cops and try to prove that sexual assault had taken place years earlier, assault that was not recorded and which left no marks?

Because of course the cops are going to run right down and arrest Gothard and put him in jail on the say-so of four young girls.

If this is what should have happened, why isn't Cosby behind bars?

Because women are lying bitches, amirite?

The standard of criminal conviction is certainty of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt with stringent rules of evidence to protect the accused. That is as it should be.

The standard of liability in a civil action is discharging a burden that the plaintiff is more likely than not liable.

In many cases, there is insufficient admissible evidence to obtain a criminal conviction, but there is abundant admissible evidence to obtain a finding of civil liability.

Additionally, a victim cannot force a prosecutor to proceed with a criminal case. This is a well-connected organization in the relevant jurisdiction.

However, there is nothing to stand in the way of a victim proceeding with a civil claim.

So, you tell me. If you were raped and could not persuade a prosecutor to indict, you would just throw up your hands, say "oh shucks" and not seek justice on your own. Or, you would advise others to do the same?

Really? Is that what you would suggest?

I have seen a lot of ignorant things on DU, and I understand that a lot of people haven't the foggiest notion of how law works, but your question is one for the ages.

Fuckabee's friends - what a bunch