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>> everybody pretty much threw me to the wolves. >> for three days you were essentially on trial. i mean, your cousin was on trial for murder, but it was like you were on trial for murder. >> i was on trial. i was. i was on trial for -- basically for my life. and i had no protection. >> with pete now off the stand, the prosecution team still had a case to make, but with limited evidence. they couldn't mention the dna found on the stand, not conclusive. nor could they tell the jury about paul's previous assault and intend to commit rape convictions in san francisco, not relevant. in addition, l...

Police and prosecutors are being told to stop blaming each other for the low number of rape convictions in england and wales. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. we start with golf, because the second round of the open championship is well under way at royal st george's in kent. with its huge bunkers and treacherous rough, the course is one of the toughest tests in golf. but a few of the world's best have been making their way up the leaderboard. well, let's go live to the course and speak to our reporter ben croucher. and speak to our reporter what's and...

Other for the low number of rape convictions in england and wales. only 3% of recorded rapes resulted in a prosecution in the year 2019—20. a report by two watchdogs is demanding an urgent and fundamental shift in the way the crime is investigated and dealt with. wendy williams, her majesty's inspector of constabulary, who worked on the report, says that police and prosecutors need to change how they work together on cases. we talk about a vicious cycle where everyone has concerns about the low numbers of prosecutions, but that concern can lead to a much more cautious approach to rape cases ...

To put an end to all prosecutions, the investigations, the inquests the civil cases, right across the board. in effect, an amnesty as some have described it and that is what has enraged people here because they see it as undermining the rule of law. the secretary of state believes that that will bring people closer to the truth and reconciliation through ending prosecutions but in place putting an information sharing and fact—finding operation but this morning's meeting was responded to by the sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald saying the british government was acting in total bad faith. the...

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