British prosecutors have been advised to disregard "sexts" and explicit images sent between people when handling rape cases.
The new guidance is just one of several suggestions that the Crown Prosecution Service has made as it attempts to address record-low rape convictions in England and Wales, the BBC reported.
The guidelines, posted on the CPS website, argue that prosecutors need to tackle rape myths and stereotypes in a time when ‘hook up’ dating sites and internet behavior has changed the ways in which people date and socialize. “There have been massive changes to the way people live their lives in the last 10 years and this has undoubtedly transformed the way people interact, date and communicate with sexual partners," Siobhan Blake,.
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