Momentum is growing across Australia for tougher action against sexual offenders
24 Apr
2022
24 Apr
'22
2:57 p.m.
So yeah, Julio - come back home asap. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-24/silent-treatment-of-sex-assault-victi... widespread concerns about a lack of convictions. Ms Yates said only 16 per cent of reported sexual assaults in Lismore, sorry, Canberra resulted in a charge. And only 50 per cent of cases that went to court ended in a guilty verdict. Change, however, may finally be approaching. Next month, ACT Policing will begin a landmark review of sexual assault cases to try to answer a question many have asked: why are so few alleged offenders taken to court?
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