{"id":113835,"date":"2019-10-09T15:27:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/10\/09\/scottish-study-prompts-fresh-call-for-abolition-of-not-proven-verdict\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T13:27:21","slug":"scottish-study-prompts-fresh-call-for-abolition-of-not-proven-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=113835","title":{"rendered":"Scottish study prompts fresh call for abolition of not proven verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners demand change as study finds system may push jurors towards acquittal in rape casesCampaigners against sexual violence have renewed calls to abolish the controversial Scottish verdict of not proven as the UK\u2019s largest study of jury behaviour reveals that the availability of this option may push more jurors towards acquittal before they have even discussed the evidence.Welcoming the landmark research, Scotland\u2019s justice secretary, Humza Yousaf, said whether to move from a three- to a two-verdict system was central to further consultation on reform. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2019\/oct\/09\/scottish-study-prompts-fresh-call-for-abolition-of-not-proven-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish study prompts fresh call for abolition of not proven verdict<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners demand change as study finds system may push jurors towards acquittal in rape casesCampaigners against sexual violence have renewed calls to abolish the controversial Scottish verdict of not proven as the UK\u2019s largest study of jury behaviour reveals that the availability of this option may push more jurors towards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}