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In California, marital rape was recognized as a crime by Section 262 of California's Penal Code in 1979. [30] However, there are separate criminal offenses for non-spousal rape (Section 261) and for spousal rape (Section 262); [31] the latter was treated as a less serious crime until the enactment of 2021 California Assembly Bill 1171. [30]
The National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape was an American research center that compiled and provided information on date and marital rape cases, and on legislation regarding them, and media publications on these subjects, as well as acting as an advocate for marital and date rape victims.
Billy Wayne Ludwigson, now 62, admitted to killing 64-year-old Velma Nesset in 1982
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 ...
Alex Blake-Walker is accused of raping the woman at a house party after a gig performed by the rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton
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By 1993 marital rape was a crime in all 50 U.S. states. [10] The case was turned into a made for TV movie in 1980. [4] John Rideout was again prosecuted for rape in 2016 almost 40 years after his acquittal from the rape of Greta Rideout. These were two different accusations of rape going back to 2013.
How much does an extramarital affair matter to whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton keeps his job? The question hangs over the Republican’s impeachment trial as it approaches the final ...