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Very difficult to prove which is why Wilson in NSW although charged and found guilty, was overturned on appeal.
well there's a lot of grey area in the law - evidently. For example, a teacher might write love letters to a young student and "entertain" him in his housemaster's room, when the lad was boarding at the school, and the teacher might never have been found guilty of doing anything wrong.
Sometimes, cases rest on important matters like who the accused knows or whether important people might be roped into the matter, or whether perhaps the various people acting for the prosecution see a conviction as a negative for their own careers. In light of this, it's rather surprising that Pell has been found guilty at this stage, because he knows a lot of powerful people. However, the matter hasnt concluded yet....
On a different take on why some people get off, I have given advice to people who have been accused of wrong doing at work. The first question that I always asked was whether they were liked. I always viewed it as the key question after whether the person was guilty. In fact, in most cases it was a rhetorical question, because if they were liked, the matter wouldnt have gone official in the first place, even if the person had done something wrong.
So to answer your question simply, guilt isn't always the most important factor in these matters.