SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: UK: 5.7% conviction rate for rape (2006) |
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| the conviction rate dropped [from 33% of reported rapes in 1977 to 5.4% in 2005, before rising slightly to 5.7% last year] because more cases were being reported and prosecutors were going ahead with too many unwinnable cases. |
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| Police fear that rapists are targeting young women binge drinkers |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2105421,00.html
(I introduced this to one of the rape threads concerning Korea but cannot find the thread) |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: |
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This has been the sorry reality for a long long time. Police and prosecutors say the see the same guys accused time after time, and they always get off.
If, god forbid, it happened to me, I doubt that I would report it. Pointless. More trauma, being called a *beep* in court, and then watching the b@stard walk off scott free... Sod that. I think I'd hire a couple of thugs instead...
The Americans seem to have got their act together a bit better, and have special rape prosecution teams. They get better results. |
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