Submitted on Friday 14th April 2017
Rejected on Friday 21st April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove the requirement for corroboration in criminal abuse cases in Scotland.
The current requirement in Scotland for corroboration in reported abuse cases does not give victims a fair chance of getting the justice they deserve. Therefore, the Scottish Government should remove this law.
In many abuse cases there is a significant amount of quality supporting evidence, but yet not enough to corroborate every element and thus the case cannot proceed. Crimes of domestic abuse and sexual violence,in the main, happen in private and without witnesses so corroboration is simply not a fair way of determining if a case should proceed further.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Your petition is about something that the Scottish Government is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.
The Scottish Parliament has its own Public Petitions Committee. If you'd like to send your petition to the Scottish Parliament, you can find out more here:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/gettinginvolved/petitions/index.aspx
3.137.200.56 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:23:42 +0000
