The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103446   Message #2122006
Posted By: Captain Ginger
08-Aug-07 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Cash for Peerages. Cover up or witchhunt
Subject: RE: BS: Cash for Peerages. Cover up or witchhunt
The CPS operates under strict guidelines, one of which is that there has to be a certain likelihood of a prosecution succeeding on the balance of probabilities. It used to be around 80 per cent, but on a case like this my guess is that it would be nearer 90 per cent. Just because no prosecution has been brought is not to say that those involved are 'innocent'.