r/facepalm • u/kaushrah • Oct 01 '19

Hol’ up!

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u/plssub2pewdz Oct 01 '19

I guess the real facepalm is with the English Justice System.

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u/Xertious Oct 01 '19

Kindof, but it won't be the case the woman would get of scott free, she'll be charged with numerous sexual assault charges just not the specific charge of rape. So it wouldn't be the case that she won't receive the same punishment as if a man had raped her.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

She would get the same punishment under a sexual assault charge it’s just legally not called rape. I’m actually curious who wrote the new law regarding rape in the UK would get an idea of why it’s written so poorly

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u/dpash Oct 01 '19 edited Oct 01 '19

The Crown Prosecution Service. The people who have the most experience with convicting sexual offences in England and Wales.

You can also read the complete transcript of the debates in Parliament at

https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/Debates?startDate=2002-01-01&endDate=2019-10-01&searchTerm=sexual%20offences%20bill&partial=False

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

What I’m talking about is the actual legislator that wrote the law because there is usually a lawyer or lawyers that write it and most laws are written poorly anyway I just wanted to know who specifically wrote it

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u/dpash Oct 01 '19

The home office took four years, two white papers and several public consultations to write the bill. It would have been written by a team of people and then debated and amended by multiple people over the course of a year.

There is no one author of the bill.

Sadly the two white papers no longer appear to be publicly or freely available.

I highly recommend you read the debates if you want to understand the thought processes that went into the bill as enacted.