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The long-sought changes to Michigan's law were first introduced following the Larry Nassar case in 2018, when former athletes at Michigan State University and elsewhere testified that the campus ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, shown Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, signed bills into law on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, aimed at expanding rights for victims of domestic and sexual violence in Michigan.
Sexual assault when violence is threatened or used or when victim drugged Colo. Rev. Stat. §18-3-402(3.5) Between 4 and 12 years, followed by 5 years of parole Sexual assault when victim suffers serious bodily injury or when offender armed or assisted by others Colo. Rev. Stat. §18-3-402(5) Between 8 and 24 years, followed by 5 years of parole
Nevada law appears to require force or threat of force. Article 200.373 states that: "It is no defense to a charge of sexual assault that the perpetrator was, at the time of the assault, married to the victim, if the assault was committed by force or by the threat of force."
Survivors would have until their 48th birthday, 10 years after the sexual assault, or seven years after discovering their abuse to make a claim.
Until the late 1970s, sex involving an adult female and an underage male was often ignored by the law, due to the belief that it often constitutes sexual initiation of the younger male. [15] This view still exists in modern times, as there is a gender bias in courts on teacher–student sexual relationships resulting in far lesser punishment of ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kansas v. Hendricks that a predatory sex offender can be civilly committed upon release from prison. [5] The Supreme Court ruled in Stogner v.. California that California's ex post facto law, a retroactive extension of the statute of limitations for sexual offenses committed against minors, is unconstitution
A 2012 Michigan Department of Corrections AIPAS operating manual said that while all sexual assault allegations were to be entered in the database, along with the employee's name, there was an ...