Why is rape so easy to get away with?

Another article about how rape victims have only a tiny chance of seeing their attacker convicted.

Not only are women who report rape routinely viewed as liars; it would seem that once a woman becomes sexually active she is no longer allowed to say "no" on subsequent occasions.

"If there is too much in the defence's favour, such as she was carrying condoms, it is unlikely to result in a conviction."

In 1998, a headline appeared in the local Grimsby weekly: "Man faces rape charge". He had dragged a 15-year-old girl down an alley and assaulted her. The CPS decided not to pursue the case. That man was Ian Huntley. At the time, he was not seen as a danger to the public, and neither are the majority of other "opportunist" rapists who get away with it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2003229,00.html