The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has reported that conviction rates are not used when deciding whether or not to charge a case, and that it will always prosecute where there is sufficient evidence, if it is in the public interest to do so
Lexis®Library update: The CPS has issued this statement in response to claims that it was ‘failing victims by cherry-picking cases’, and has provided that that ‘charging decisions are not a bureaucratic hoop to be jumped through’ and that it has been authorising a charge in around 78% of cases brought to them.
Source: Conviction rates play no part in deciding whether or not to charge a case
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