Questions tagged [sexual-assault]
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What jail time would be imposed for felony false imprisonment plead down from 4 felony rape? [closed]
In California, what is the amount of jail time given for a felony false imprisonment conviction in a guilty plea from rape charges?
I’m asking in general and I am also interest in knowing how often no ...
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Is it ethical for Victims Advocates to Be Paid By District Attorney Offices [closed]
I recently spent 2.5 years tied up in a case as a sexual assault victim. Since I had been intoxicated at the time I only had the knowledge that this person was over me and with his pants down, I asked ...
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Man and woman get drunk and have sex; does this make any of them a rapist? [duplicate]
This poster appeared on Reddit with 5.9K upvotes and 1.3K comments (as of 01:24 CET):
source: only one gender has to consent while drunk, and the other one is a rapist. on r/facepalm
I reviewed some ...
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What is “sexual touching”?
Canadian case law and perhaps other jurisdictions’ make a big deal of “sexual touching” as a repeated term. How is this defined?
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What are some examples of reasonable steps that may be taken to ascertain sexual assault complainants’ consent?
In Canada and perhaps other jurisdictions, an available defence for sexual assault accusations is that the defendant can show that they had taken reasonable steps to ascertain the complainants state ...
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Is this sexual assault or any other crime?
A scene from the film Derailed often invites comments to the effect that the depicted tactic is a good way to end up in the back of a police car. (In it, a man bets a woman he can kiss her without ...
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Is it rape for a trans-male to lie to a woman that he is a cis-male and have sex with her
So a woman met someone at the bar who told her he was a guy. Everyone refers to the individual as he/him and the couple even had a conversation that brought up the fact that she was straight.
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Can ambiguous or passive conduct imply consent?
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an accused cannot point to his reliance on the complainant’s silence, passivity, or ambiguous conduct as a reasonable step to ascertain consent, as a belief that any of these factors ...
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Is there any reason a 24-year-old healthy woman could not consent to sex with her stepfather?
I just came across this news (based on E v R [2023] NZHC 2829).
To summarise:
A 24-year-old woman happily goes to sleep in one bed with her stepfather and her mother (stepfather's partner).
During ...
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In an opposite-sex sexual assault case, is "I'm homosexual" a valid defense?
Let's say Alice is sexually assaulted by a man, and circumstantial evidence pinpoints Bob as the attacker. Can Bob claim that, because he is homosexual/asexual, he does not find Alice sexually ...
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Is defending oneself from a sexual assult a defence for murder?
A man forces himself on a woman with no threats of violence, no deadly weapon and he doesn't even hit her, he simply just physically overpowers her. This occurs in the kitchen and she is able to grab ...
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Liable of sexual abuse in civil case and no prison time?
It was reported a few minutes ago that Trump Is Found Liable for Sexual Abuse in Civil Case, but "Its findings are civil, not criminal, meaning Mr. Trump has not been convicted of any crime and ...
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Why wasn't Trump criminally charged for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll?
E. Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump for battery. But battery is also a crime. Is anything known, or can we make any reasonable inferences, about why New York State hasn't charged him for battery?
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Who do I contact regarding DA not charging sexual assault offender [closed]
I was sexually assaulted which injured hip and psoas muscle, told DHHS bc im and was disabled & offender was DHHS CWS , filed police report 5-29-21 a year later Salem crime survivors a lady named ...
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How often do people who make complaints that lead to acquittals face repercussions for making false complaints?
In response to a recent question and others related to it, it appears that defendants who are found guilty, despite lying, are rarely punished further apart from the conviction.
However, what happens ...