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Prosecutors and police investigating rape cases must place greater emphasis on examining whether suspects sought consent for sex from alleged victims, according to an official action plan published on Friday.

In a coordinated attempt to reverse declining conviction rates, the director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders, and a senior Metropolitan police officer, assistant commissioner Martin Hewitt, have agreed to examine how a suspect's "reasonable belief" that consent had been given is assessed by the courts.

The focus on establishing what steps any defendant took to ensure that sexual activity was consensual and whether the alleged victim was capable of giving consent is aimed at improving procedures.

While the number of prosecutions and convictions has increased following changes to the way rape cases are handled, the conviction rate dropped from a record high of 63.2% in 2012-13 to 60.3% in 2013-14.

CPS figures express the percentage of cases resulting in conviction of some sort following criminal charges. Many rape complaints do not lead to charges being brought while as few as 10% of rapes are estimated to have even been reported to police in the first place.

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"Where cases turn on the issue of consent prosecutors must focus on what steps a suspect has taken to seek consent from the complainant and the extent to which an alleged victim is capable of giving consent."

TL;DR: words of a horny bitch can fuck you up if she changes her mind the next morning, and the government is right behind their backs

Ahhh, you gotta love the female hamster: