"With only three in 1,000 incidents of rape resulting in conviction, and over 90 percent not even reported, the status quo is neither practically, politically, nor morally defensible." -David Butt, 'We are failing the community of sexual assault victims Feb. 4, 2017.' As a rape survivor, I understand the terror that's induced by the criminal justice system. Being in the same room with your rapist while being interrogated as if you're the one on trial is like being raped all over again. It's no secret that conviction rates are abysmally low (if you manage to get charges laid in the first place), so no wonder less than 1 in 10 rape victims report. Why subject yourself to being re-traumatized by the so-called justice system? When verdicts like the insane one by the Nova Scotia judge come out they cue rape victims that they are better off staying silent. The system is stacked against rape victims, most of whom are women, while the vast majority of rapists are men, who go free to rape again