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The controversial third verdict will be scrapped if proposed reforms are approved by the Scottish Parliament.

St Andrews rape survivor Miss M has welcomed a move to scrap the not proven verdict in Scottish court trials.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to scrap the verdict of "not proven," which is unique to ...

In 2019, Miss M - a rape survivor, who fought and won a civil case against her attacker - was invited to talk to the Faculty of Advocates about her experience of the criminal justice system.

With prosecution rates at an all-time low, some women are turning to civil courts, says barrister Charlotte Proudman

End Not Proven is a campaign by Rape Crisis Scotland and Miss M who was at the centre of a civil rape case. Scotland's three-verdict system effects rape cases

The Scottish ‘liberal’ elites are forever finding new ways to sideline trial by jury.

A woman has been awarded nearly £120k damages after a civil court sheriff ruled she was raped by a soldier after a night out in Dundee.

Imagine you are accused of a serious crime. It goes to court. You’re tried in front of a jury of your peers. The verdict is in. Not Proven. What happens next? Is it the same as Not Guilty? And if not, in what way is it different? Did the jury believe you? Or do they still have their doubts? And how will the verdict be seen by your friends and family, your employer, the wider world: what will they think of it all? What does the Not Proven verdict actually mean? This, essentially, is how th...