Grooming survivors prosecuted as children still being failed, Baroness Casey tells BBC
Baroness Louise Casey has criticized the government's current scheme to pardon child grooming victims as insufficient. She argues for a more comprehensive approach to quashing wrongful convictions for individuals who were criminalized while being exploited.
Why it matters
The issue addresses systemic failures in child protection and the long-term legal consequences for victims of sexual exploitation.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Fiona Trott , North of England correspondent and Ruth Green Getty Images Baroness Louise Casey says a scheme to quash convictions of child grooming victims does not go far enough Children who were groomed, sexually abused and then prosecuted for crimes, including prostitution, are still being failed, the author of a landmark report has said.
The framing focuses on the critique of government policy regarding social justice and victim protection.
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