Submitted on Saturday 8th August 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 19th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Re-Criminalise Rape in the UK
Currently, under 2% of reported rapists in the UK face prosecution. In addition to this, just 15% of all rapes are reported. Laws need to change so that rapists are held accountable for the violent crimes they’ve committed, and so that victims can come forward knowing their case won’t be dropped.
Source: Rape Crisis England & Wales.
The government has the power to change the way crimes are prosecuted, why are we still protecting rapists? Imagine if less than 2% of murderers faced prosecution, it is not right.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Rape is already a criminal offence. Decisions about investigating alleged offences are a matter for the police, and decisions about whether to charge alleged perpetrators is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service not the Government or House of Commons.
You could for the Government to review how sexual offences are investigated and prosecuted, with a view to identifying how the number of cases that are successfully investigated and prosecuted can be increased.
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