http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01 ... ther-case/
Today, a fourth rape trial in the UK has collapsed. Another young man who has been on bail for two years has been told that the Crown Prosecution Service will not enter any evidence against him, after a last minute disclosure of evidence has brought to light material which contradicts the prosecution case. This is the fourth time this has happened in four weeks. There's something decidedly fishy about the way these cases have been proceeding, with one even needing the defense team for one alleged rapist to seek out evidence that had not been provided by the police.
There seems to be a serious problem in the UK with rape trials in particular, and it's very disturbing that a number of cases have been delayed by around two years, with the defendant being accused but unable to prove that they didn't actually do what they're accused of, and often on bail or in jail during that time. Rape is a monstrous crime, and people who do it should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but I have to wonder how much time is being wasted pursuing claims against people who have done nothing wrong, and how many actual rapists are not being caught because resources and time are being spent bringing innocent people to within days of a trial only for it to fall apart.