London begins rape decriminalization leaving hundreds of free rapists with only a warning

Evening Standard Via:
Hundreds of sex offenders, including rapists, fleeing with "a slap on the
wrist" by simply being put on hold for their crimes, the Standard has
learned.
Figures obtained by the Standard reveal more than 1,100 warnings were given
to sex offenders in London, which means they avoided the court and
potentially lengthy prison spells. The tally includes 16 cautions for rape,
punishable by a sentence of maximum life if convicted in court.
Warnings, described as "warnings", require offenders to accept guilt and
most are issued to deter offenders or judicial procedures to bypass
lower-level offenses. They are not recorded as convictions, but can show on
disclosure and unless service checks, checks formerly CRB.

But the figures show Scotland Yard thousands more warnings were distributed
for other serious violent crimes that their use in London is 1 to 25
percent jump over the past five years.
The police and the Crown Attorney has insisted he was "rare" for such
serious offenses as rape lead to a warning. They said it could occur when
victims can not cope with the trauma of testifying in court. One caveat
ensures that the offender is placed on the sex offenders register and
monitored.
However, activists have called for a "big exam" as the standard findings
revealed 183.043 warnings were issued from 2012 until last year, with 1,115
given for sexual offenses, including 16 rape.
The circumstances of rape brought into custody in the figures are not
known. But previous cases where warnings were given for raping child
offenders involved, including brothers and sisters, and those with mental
health problems. There have also been cases where police recorded crimes of
rape resulted in a warning for any sex offense.
The figures were released as a result of access to information requests
submitted by the standard. The Mayor promised to challenge the government
on the use of warnings.
Dianne Whitfield, charity Rape Crisis, said warnings for sexual offenses
was in most cases "totally inappropriate" as "they do not reflect in any
way the seriousness of the crime or the long-term impact and often
devastating as sexual violence. "
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