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Another argument presented in defence of statutory rape laws relates to the difficulty in prosecuting rape (against a victim of any age) in the courtroom. Because forced sexual intercourse with a minor is considered a particularly heinous form of rape, these laws relieve the prosecution of the burden to prove lack of consent.
First Degree Statutory Rape N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 14-27.24 LWOP, life with parole or a prison term of at least 25 years (LWP and 25 years are only options if the defendant was under 18) After serving his sentence, the convict shall be under lifelong satellite-based monitoring Statutory Rape of a Person Who Is 15 Years of Age or Younger
Statutory rape [177] and sodomy [178] involve a victim less than 14 years of age. Statutory rape [179] and sodomy [180] in the second degree involve a victim less than 17 years of age and an accused who is 21 years of age or older. The crime of child molestation in the fourth degree occurs when a person, "being more than 4 years older than the ...
A Michigan rape investigation reveals the failures surrounding a federal grant program intended to help law enforcement address the rape kit backlog.
The proposal's main opponents, Citizens to Support MI Women and Children, have called Proposal 3 "extreme", arguing that it could invalidate 41 state laws related to abortion and other issues (including prostitution, statutory rape, and human cloning).
A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, abduction or other similar act is exonerated if he marries his female victim, or in some jurisdictions at least offers to marry her. The "marry-your-rapist" law is a ...
4Three Michigan State basketball players are accused of raping a female student three years ago, according to an explosive federal lawsuit filed Monday.
Christopher H.J. Stites, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree statutory rape in Jasper County Circuit Court in a plea deal dismissing a related count of second-degree statutory sodomy.