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4 May 2018updated 09 Jun 2021 10:17am

No, the legal system isn’t biased against men – it allows them to rape with near impunity

Someone who is raped has between a 1.1 and 1.8 per cent prospect of seeing their rapist convicted.

By Jolyon Maugham

The Sunday Times recently published an article entitled “Falsely accused of rape: is the justice system biased against men?” Meanwhile, the Criminal Bar Association, which “exists to represent the views and interests of the practising members of the criminal bar in England and Wales”, tweeted out a number of comments in support of the article. 

But what is the truth?

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