The opposition Labour Party has said it would introduce minimum sentences of seven years in prison for rape, while also promising to introduce specialist rape courts and a domestic violence register.
Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said that if elected, Labour would bring in minimum sentences for rape for the first time, while repeating an accusation she made last year that the Conservative government had “effectively decriminalised rape.”
Conviction rates for rape cases overall have fallen to 1.6 percent, meaning that around one-in-60 people accused of rape in an official complaint to the police end up being convicted of the charge.
In July of last year, rape prosecutions fell to an all-time low in England and Wales….
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