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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Tag: CPS

  • Blurred Stats (Part III)

    The U.K. Statistics Authority just censured Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders for “hugely” exaggerating rape conviction statistics – here’s a list of news outlets that published the bogus figures Last week, the U.K. Statistics Authority formally censured Saunders for “hugely” exaggerating the 2017 rape conviction rate. Via “CPS chief is blasted for claiming the number…

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  • Blurred Stats (Part II)

    U.K. Statistics Authority censures head of state prosecution service for “hugely” exaggerating rape conviction rate statistics source I recently blogged about how the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) frequently inflates the rape conviction rate with its annual Violence Against Women and Girls crime report. For instance, this year’s report boasts the “highest volumes ever recorded” of…

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  • Blurred Stats

    Annual Violence Against Women and Girls crime report by U.K. state prosecution service inflates rape conviction rate statistics for second year in a row source Last year, I blogged about how the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inflated the rape conviction rate with its annual Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) crime report. In a…

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  • The Year in Blog – 2016 Edition

    Although 2016 was by most accounts the worst year in living memory, for me it was also a lot of fun. There were yuge cultural and political upsets – right (or should I say “alt-right”?) – but there were also a couple of inspiring victories for the good guys. Across the pond, my Atlanta, GA blogging buddy, independent investigative…

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  • Blurred Lines

    UK prosecution service fudges the statistics on rape Earlier this month, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released its annual Violence Against Women and Girls crime report.¹ Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise in the rape conviction rate [from 56.9] to 57.9 per…

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