DIARY OF THE DEFILED VIRGIN
In criminal law, there must be the concurrence of the 'all important' elements of crime; Mens rea (mental state) and Actus reus (Conduct or action). If prosecution fails at proving this two elements in the commission of a crime, or where the Defense raises a defense on the ground that the Accused lacked the mental capacity to commit the said crime, the alleged criminal walks free... My query then is, why do we label and stigmatize victims of rape, seeing that they did not have a hand in the ill that befell them. They lacked the mental capacity, neither did they ask themselves to be raped. We look for ways to get guilty criminals off the hook but shame the defenseless people who became victims of circumstances and the cruelty of others.