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One might ask why the CPS could not extend this to all offence types. The pilot was used very specifically to look at rape cases because of Jade’s case. Perhaps it is simply not possible or realistic, given the pressure on the system, for the CPS to extend this system to all offence types nationwide. One might ask whether this will increase the likelihood of more cases being reinstated. It is common in other jurisdictions, including parts of Australia and New Zealand, for more extensive discontinuance powers to be used. While different models are used, all of them permit discontinuance more widely than is currently the case in England and Wales, which is also to some degree the case in Scotland, the United States of America and Canada.