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Independent research on how the UK justice system is working, free to read.

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  • UK Offence Report

    Every criminal offence made by UK secondary legislation.

    A census of 23,878 criminal offences created by statutory instrument, read from the text of 156,107 instruments as made: what each one prohibits, what the prosecution must prove, the maximum penalty, whether it is still in force, and whether a saving keeps a revoked offence prosecutable. 74% are strict liability, and there is no official list.

    By Rose Traviss

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