Mary Jackson
2008-06-30 13:35:57
The strict letter of the law in almost every US jusrisdiction hinges on consent, which is what most posters here with a clue keep insisting.
So have women in the US been convicted of rape then?
The law in the UK is obviously different, and would classify this as sexual assault. Which doesn’t mean the perpetrator gets off scot free. Indeed sentences for sexual assault can be longer than for rape in certain cases.
If someone (man or woman) penetrates a person (man or woman) with a broken bottle, that would not, technically be rape in the UK, but they’d be put away for a long time.
So can somebody tell me – is what this woman did rape in most American states? (I understand it is in Virginia.) If so, he should have pressed charges.
