text: That's a valid point. I do care about a wrongly accused person just as I care about any other victim in these instances. However the point I'm making here is that prosecutors shouldn't be influenced by the desire of advocates to prosecute sexual assaults, nor by feelings of sympathy for the alleged victim, nor out of a desire to shame an accused before the public, nor for any other emotional reason. They should prosecute on the evidence and its likelihood of obtaining a conviction. Taking a case to trial for any other reason is likely to do more harm than good.