Legislation to stop rape complainants from being unfairly questioned about their sexual history in court is not working, a report has concluded. ...That is an odd way to report the conviction rate. Many of those reported offenses were withdrawn or not prosecuted for various reasons. The UK govt just wants to boost conviction rates.
It said there had been "no discernible effect" on reducing the number of failed prosecutions.
Data for 2004 shows the proportion of rape allegations that result in a conviction continues to fall, standing at 5.6% out of 14,000 reported offences.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
UK rape trial changes not working
The UK has to keep changing the rules in order to increase the rape conviction rate:
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