A more recent work by Oboh et al. [16] discussed the same problem of prosecution in a more global context taking the Netherlands as an example.
As an indicator of the scope of the problem of rape prosecution, the "Nirbhaya" case was the only conviction obtained among the 706 rape cases filed in New Delhi in 2012.
Indeed, one of the problems hindering prosecutions of illegal loggers in Indonesia is the lack of a clear definition of legal wood.
The Nov. 30 New York Times article "In the Company of Men: Why is it so hard to prosecute sexual assaults in the military?" detailed the very serious problems of inadequate reporting and prosecution of sexual assaults in the U.S. military.
It was, the prosecutor Andrew Edis QC argued, one of myriad problems the prosecution was up against in disproving such a defence – that most likely such pressure takes place in the privacy of the home, with no independent witnesses.
Lawyers echoed Ms Cooper's sentiments, saying that attitudes towards abuse allegations had been part of the problem, with an absence of a "culture of prosecution" in the 1980s.
While he objects to the ease of prosecution, Mr. Palmieri's main problem is with the hearing officer, or judge, who works for the town.
It was the latest in a series of rulings that defense lawyers say highlight the rarely acknowledged problem of deceit by prosecution witnesses.
Furthermore, private security companies do nothing to help address the underlying problems of piracy or aid in the effective prosecution of pirates.
This April, an I.C.C. judge chastised the prosecutor's failure to investigate properly prior to confirming charges against Uhuru Kenyatta, now president of Kenya, and underscored "grave problems in the prosecution's system of evidence review, as well as a serious lack of proper oversight by senior prosecution staff".
