Why is it and is it necessary for the govt to change the law in rape cases whenever the media highlight cases?

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Right folks, as horrible as this is, why do the govt always jump on the bandwagon after events like this, and secondly do you think a change of the law is needed and why are why not?


Views tvm.Why is it and is it necessary for the govt to change the law in rape cases whenever the media highlight cases?
This is a typical ploy by the government.Their interfering causes nothing but problems for everyone involved.The media need to bear some of this responsibility and I blame them for the lack of exposure with more of these despicable crimes.


There is quite rightly,masses of publicity with child abuse cases but there does not seem to be the same coverage when it comes to poor innocent women and young girls who suffer this appalling violence and both the government and media need to wake up and take full advantage of the good laws that are available and judges need to enforce the law properly and protect these vulnerable people.


I do not think a change in the law would make any difference because as I have said there are laws in place (life for rape) but they do need to be enforced and the media should put pressure on the judiciary to do so.


Every citizen has the right to be protected and to know that if they are wronged then justice will prevail. Why is it and is it necessary for the govt to change the law in rape cases whenever the media highlight cases?
1) Gordon Brown feels he's got to say something - it's because he feels so British and part of the British people and leader of the British people (some people may think differently) and making statements like this reinforces (in his mind at least) what a magnificent job he and his team are doing.


As a 'chosen one' (a politician) he feels that everything he says is very important so he has to keep saying things which helps him feel even more important - it's self perpetuating.


It is also an attempt to cover up the issue that after over 10 years of Labour government such things can occur despite the billions of pounds they have pumped into the system(s) with little care how and where it was spent.





It's also a defensive stance - he knows that if he doesn't say something then the Opposition will - better he says something (anything) first.


There's little they can do other than legislate and that's what they'll do.





2) It makes the government look and sound dynamic.





3 It makes the government sound as if it cares.





4) It allows the government to 'rush through' ill-thought through amendments to the laws.


Unfortunately because the legislation is so rushed it leaves loopholes so that further amendments will have to be made in the future,


From the government's point of view this is no bad thing though - it rreally does make them look ever so, ever so busy.



its not about changing the rules on rape, its about services that seem to have failed yet again, and that lessons should be learnt, however we have heard that all before. I think that Brown has got involved because he was caught out completely by David Cameron on the awful case of baby Peter. So the system of social care should be looked into, changed where necessary and those who fail in their duty to effectively do their jobs should be fired.
It's not the law they are changing, but the system. Which obviously, as this case clearly demonstrates, let down the two women.
They have to change the laws to close loop holes that shady lawyers find to get rapists off scot-free.
It is called learning lessons LOL what on Earth does tvm stand for. please.





tvm for that then.