After a almost 2 month delay the CPS have finally released their Rape Conviction rate for 2015/2016 at 58% as detailed in the following url -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37278264
However, this figure is not accurate as the CPS says -
"The number of prosecutions for rape was the highest ever recorded (4,643) and almost 58% (2,689) of those prosecuted were convicted of rape or an alternative or lesser offence"
The CPS cannot count a not guilty verdict by the jury as a successful conviction for rape if the accused is also found/ pleaded guilty to lesser offences.
The UK is a democracy and the CPS must give accurate rape conviction rate figures and not manipulated figures, which do not tell the real truth that their campaign to increase the rape conviction rate in England and Wales has failed.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37278264
However, this figure is not accurate as the CPS says -
"The number of prosecutions for rape was the highest ever recorded (4,643) and almost 58% (2,689) of those prosecuted were convicted of rape or an alternative or lesser offence"
The CPS cannot count a not guilty verdict by the jury as a successful conviction for rape if the accused is also found/ pleaded guilty to lesser offences.
The UK is a democracy and the CPS must give accurate rape conviction rate figures and not manipulated figures, which do not tell the real truth that their campaign to increase the rape conviction rate in England and Wales has failed.
Unhappy
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