Wed 28 Jan at 8pm - BBC Radio 4 programme about the law and rape

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At 8pm on Wednesday 28 January, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a 45 minute discussion programme about "The Law and Rape" in their legal series "Unreliable Evidence". It's advertised as covering how the low conviction rates for rape may be improved and why the law "appears" to be failing women.

Link to BBC Radio 4 programme - The Law and Rape

Taking part are:
Alison Saunders (Director of Public Prosecutions)
Martin Hewitt (Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner)
Harriet Wistrich (Solicitor, founder of the campaign group Justice For Women)
Catarina Sjolin (Barrister and law lecturer).

If you are interested but can't listen at 8pm, I expect the programme will be available on BBC iPlayer for some weeks.

Thanks, I won't be able to listen live but will catch up

Also there's an item on Women's Hour today - probably now in fact - discussing whether juries should be 'briefed' ahead of sex offence trials.

Yep I heard the first five minutes before I had to switch off and haven't caught up yet

I totally agree with you about how he introduced it

I thought the debate was ok, but yes the introduction was crass and insensitive.

yes that was appalling, and iirc something about uncontrollable lust

if i get a chance to catch up today i might write to feedback

Yes, the 'lust' comment was awful, total ack of understanding of the crime.