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because things need to change. one of the aims of these proposed changes is to increase scotland s low conviction rate for serious sexual offences. the overall conviction rate in scottish trials is about 90%. it is far lower in rape and attempted rape trials, where only about half result in conviction. as well as piloting judge only trials for those charged with rape, the proposed legislation will grant automatic lifelong anonymity for victims of sexual offences, reduce the numbers ofjurors in scottish criminal trials from 15 to 12, and abolish the not proven verdict, which is unique to scots law. many in the scottish legal profession have concerns. the temptation to move away from juries in serious sex cases, i think that is a retrograde step. citizens are trusted to elect politicians. they will be trusted to reach verdicts in murder trials. but somehow, it is thought that they don t have sufficient either open mindedness or experience
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there is a long history of it. what if somebody there is a long history of it. what if somebody refuses there is a long history of it. what if somebody refuses to have - there is a long history of it. what if somebody refuses to have the mri or the x ray should that be a presumption that indeed, they are adults? ~ . . presumption that indeed, they are adults? ~ ., ., adults? well, again, the report considered adults? well, again, the report considered this adults? well, again, the report considered this in adults? well, again, the report considered this in detail - adults? well, again, the report considered this in detail and i adults? well, again, the report considered this in detail and it| adults? well, again, the report. considered this in detail and it was quite clear that you should not draw the negative inference that they are likely to be over age just because they refuse consent. there are lots of reasons why they might refuse consent. they are likely to have been tr
might be the state really telling doctors what happens in the privacy of their own surgeries, talking to women, that how can the state actually enforce this? so many questions being asked about this, the conservative side seeing this as an important step, and many women into many human rights groups seeing this as a retrograde step, very much against women s rights to choose, women are afraid that they might seek backstreet abortions or even travel to another country in the future to have an abortion. let s return to queen elizabeth lying in state in central london in westminster. tens of thousands of people are still waiting to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii who is lying in state in westminster hall. here are some of the pictures we have got us those people queue into the evening. this has been referred to as the snake, it is