There's a post on that blog about arguments I will never have again.
The authors writes:

"Only 6.5% of reported rapes will result in a conviction of the attacker."

in August 2011.

This oft-quoted 'fact' comes from a misconstured AG's report from 2007-2008 and has actually led to a decrease in the number of rapes reported as people (quite understandably, if the 6.5% figure were correct) didn't think there was any point reporting it.

In actual fact the number of convictions at court is around 60%, which is very close to the average conviction rate, which frankly is quite staggering, given ultimately how hard it is to prove the requisite elements of a rape. By comparison, the lowest rate of conviction in court is (this is from memory now) Threat to kill which is around the 50% mark.

I think if you google it you can probably find the debates in the commons on Hansard where Lady Stern tears a strip off Harman and demands that the 6% figure 'never be used', as it is wrong and misleading.

Wrong and misleading, like that blog post.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 9:37, Reply)