You may remember last autumn a woman was given an 8-month prison sentence for "falsely" retracting a rape allegation against her husband. She was convicted of perverting the course of justice despite the knowledge that her husband was violent and she had been facing serious intimidation, hence her decision to retract the original allegation.
Thankfully, the Court of Appeal freed her.
As a result of that and other cases, there is now a Criminal Prosecution Service consultation underway about the issue and anyone can respond.
The consultation ends on May 6.
You can have your say online via the CPS website
Thanks to forkful for flagging this one up.
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HELP STOP the imprisonment of women who (under duress) retract rape/dv allegations
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InmaculadaConcepcion · 27/04/2011 20:21
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