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2024-06-04 19:01:12 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2A301C42EF321D3B6F61C3B81D91C582171581EA92779237AC5421866ADA4A95
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Rape is illegal in the U.K. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/rape The OP is arguing for putting male offenders in women’s prisons if they claim to be trans. Some of them will be convicted rapists. Given the low conviction rate of around 2%. https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/virtually-all-rape-victims-are-denied-justice-here-is-the-roadmap-to-failure/#:~:text=No%20statistic%20can%20provide%20a,rate%20of%20less%20than%202%25. there’s a likelihood some of them will be unconvicted rapists.
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