justice system failure

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Feb 17, 2026 • via BBC News

CCTV Cleared Him, Dorset Convicted Anyway

23 years served on coerced addict testimony

Dorset Police ignored their own CCTV disproving key witness, coerced 13 others to lie, and buried an alibi in a 2002 murder case. Benguit's 23-year imprisonment exposes unaccountable conviction engineering.

Nov 16, 2025 • via Rape Crisis Scotland

Scotland Counts 2,897 Rapes in a Year, Nearing 1971 Peak

Reports up 60 percent in a decade amid lowest conviction rates

Scotland's near-record rape figures expose systemic failures in prevention, justice, and accountability, with rises tied to underfunded education and unchecked online influences. This pattern persists across UK governments, burdening citizens without effective change.