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  2. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rape laws vary across the United States jurisdictions. However, rape is federally defined (even though individual state definitions may differ) for statistical purposes as: [ 1 ] Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the ...

  3. Laws regarding rape - Wikipedia

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    "rape under section 4 [of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 as amended]," for anal or oral penetration by penis, or vaginal penetration by inanimate object The offences have the same penalty, of life imprisonment , and the same provisions regarding conduct of trials, [ 46 ] except that rape under section 4 is an alternative verdict ...

  4. Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal law does not use the term "rape". Rape is grouped with all forms of non-consensual sexual acts under chapter 109a of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2248). Under federal law, the punishment for rape can range from a fine to life imprisonment. The severity of the punishment is based on the use of violence, the age of the ...

  5. Child sexual abuse laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The USA Supreme Court in a 5–4 judgment penned by Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 25, 2008, prohibited executions of individuals convicted of child rape: "the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child, despite the horrendous nature of the crime." Kennedy reserved capital punishment only "for crimes that involve a ...

  6. New York’s new 'Rape Is Rape Act' embeds victim-blaming flaws ...

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    Missouri’s second-degree rape statute says: Assent is not consent if induced by force, duress or deception. The noun, “consent,” appears 162 times in New York’s penal code without a ...

  7. Marital rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The trial was the first in Oregon relating to marital rape since the state revised its rape law in 1977 to eliminate the marital rape immunity. [10] Although the husband was acquitted of raping his wife, it spurred the movement towards reform; many American states began to allow prosecution for marital and cohabitation rape. [11]

  8. Madagascar is to castrate child rapists, prompting criticism ...

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    Madagascar's Parliament has passed a law allowing for the chemical and, in some cases, surgical castration of those found guilty of the rape of a minor, prompting criticism from international ...

  9. Statutory rape - Wikipedia

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    Statutory rape laws presume coercion because a minor or mentally disabled adult is legally incapable of giving consent to the act. Different jurisdictions use many different statutory terms for the crime, such as sexual assault , rape of a child , corruption of a minor , unlawful sex with a minor , [ 4 ] carnal knowledge of a minor , sexual ...