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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
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.
The laws of Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, [127] Mississippi, and Tennessee specifically refer to "statutory rape", with each state defining it differently. Nevada criminalizes "statutory sexual seduction" while Pennsylvania criminalizes "statutory sexual assault".
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Kansas law allowing for opposite-sex statutory rape to be punished less severely than same-sex statutory rape is unconstitutional. Martin v. Ziherl, 607 S.E.2d 367 (Va. 2005). The Supreme Court of Virginia rules that the state criminal prohibition of sex between unmarried individuals (fornication) is unconstitutional in light of Lawrence v. Texas.
Seven years ago, North Carolina had 16,000 untested rape kits. The state says all of those kits have now been tested. North Carolina clears rape kit backlog; other states still have 1,000s
By 1993, all states had withdrawn the marital rape exemptions, the last states to do so being Oklahoma and North Carolina [3] (both in 1993) or the exemption had been declared judicially to be unconstitutional. Though laws had changed in every state by 1993, in only 17 states was marital rape treated the same as non-marital rape.