maxpowers2

One of the things that bothered me about the discussion on the podcast and many comments on the board is that the common answer to "Why did she wait 2 years to report?" seems to be "Why does it matter?". Here are a number of things this impacts: 1. Tape - The loading dock hallway area where this took place likely had a security system. In the 90's there were a number of rapes in the back hallways at MOA that got a lot of publicity and increased security measures were put in to many Malls back hallways. They would also likely be there because storage docks are a common theft area and are usually well monitored. The 27 month gap is likely going to result in no footage being available, either in the loading dock or in the mall where she says Sano grabbed her and pulled her to the Apple store. 2. Witnesses - The 27 month delay means that the independent surveying of witnesses in the area like mall employees is not possible. These folks could have either seen her distraught or heard her scream. 3. Medical - The 27 month delay makes it so that no independent evaluation of her injuries by medical professionals can occur. To the best of my knowledge we don't even have a picture to go off of. 4. Police - the 27 month delay made it so that there likely will not be a police investigation. Even if the Police and the Prosecutor had decided not to charge Sano they still would have established facts. In the Chapman case there was no charges but facts were established that he did discharge his gun and that the girlfriend had some physical action done to her (choke or push). In the podcast it was stated that we likely will not learn more about this incident and it will remain a "he said, she said". It was also stated that "we should believe her until evidence proves otherwise.". I think we need to acknowledge that the delayed reporting has severely inhibited Miguel Sano from mounting an evidence based defense of these allegations.