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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) case outcome records include an allocation
of a reason for cases not resulting in a conviction, including the numbers where the
judge ordered an acquittal. Judge ordered acquittals comprise cases discontinued,
where no evidence was offered, the indictment was stayed or all charges were left
to lie on file.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further to the Answer provided on 1
September 2014, published in Hansard, Official Report, column 32W, on Crown Courts,
the number of defendants, by reason, in the ‘Homicide’ category with an outcome of
‘Offer no Evidence’ or ‘Judge Ordered Acquittal’, during 2013-14 is shown in the attached
table. The data represent case outcomes recorded by the 13 regional Areas of the Crown
Prosecution Service</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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