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⚖️ NEW: Updated sentencing guidelines for rape come into effect today. This raises the minimum recommended prison term for perpetrators.

Survivors must have confidence in the system to protect them and offer a sense of justice, and today's change is a step in the right direction.

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SNP cannot ignore lawyers' warnings about access to justice in Scotland Roddy Dunlop, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, warns ‘access to justice is rapidly becoming an aspiration instead of a basic right’

⚖️ "No survivor should have to navigate the justice system on their own."

The collapse of legal aid in Scotland has dire consequences for survivors of sexual violence and domestic abuse.

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Not proven verdict to be scrapped in new trials from 1 January The historic change to Scotland's legal system will not apply to trials that are already under way.

NEW: Abolition of the not proven verdict will come into force from January 1st.
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'Rapists are walking free': SNP told to investigate rape myths infiltrating juries The prevalence of rape myths is believed to be contributing to Scotland’s low rape conviction rate.

🗣️ "Women need to have confidence in the justice system and confidence that decisions in their case will be made based on the evidence, not based on false assumptions about rape."

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