Revealed: less than a third of young men prosecuted for rape are convicted

Campaigners say the figures cast doubt on the ability of juries to provide equal access to justice for all rape complainants, regardless of the age of their alleged attacker.The crisis engulfing the criminal justice system over its approach to rape cases is revealed by startling figures that show less than a third of prosecutions brought against young men result in a conviction.The findings are the first in the Guardian’s series focusing on rape, which is consistently one of the most conte