30-07-2019 18:01 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Alarm at drop in rape cases brought to court

‘Justice system leaders must be pressed on your revelation that only one in every 65 rapes reported to the police now ends up in court,’ write Sarah Green, Harriet Wistrich and C Quinn.Photograph: Clara Molden/PAYour front-page report (Revealed: collapse in rape cases that end up in court, 27 July) was truly shocking and leads us to ask whether rape has effectively been decriminalised. Justice system leaders, including those at the top of the police, prosecution service and courts, m
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