Cash's view that, well, maybe a rape didn't happen, but "something" happened in that house troubles me too. I worry that people on the jury will have this mind-set - even if they aren't guilty of rape, "something" happened so we have to punish them for "something". I worry about what kind of verdict that will translate into. Juries compromise all the time and that's one of the reasons I hope this doesn't go to trial.
So very true, and if the trial is held in Durham, and the jury is comprised of ordinary Durhamites, it's foregone conclusion that they will be too dimwitted and dull to decide the facts of the case objectively within the context of the law.