Honestly, for your daughter, it's more important you believed her and went through the process than his verdict. Very few people get convicted without um... physical evidence found immediately after in ER.
But that you stood by her and took it all the way through will make it easier on her in every way.
I am so sorry. Unfortunately, sometimes justice does not prevail. The important thing is your DD now and the fact that you believe her and will take steps to make sure the jerk never touches her again. He will have his day in God's court and he can't hide anything because the judge knows the truth.
YOU did the best you could. SHE did the best she could. And she is a strong girl or she would never have come forward with it & stuck to it for this long.
I have very little faith in our justice system anymore...
Not just again with some other little girl. He has custody of his 4yr old daughter and he's at this moment (according to the news report at noon) trying to find a ride out of town.
i'm sorry. there's nothing constructive i have to say right now.