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  Oklahoma court: oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking
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Last EditedRP  Apr 28, 2016 07:23am
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CategoryLegal Ruling
AuthorMolly Redden
News DateWednesday, April 27, 2016 10:50:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAn Oklahoma court has stunned local prosecutors with a declaration that state law doesn’t criminalize oral sex with a victim who is completely unconscious.

The ruling, a unanimous decision by the state’s criminal appeals court, is sparking outrage among critics who say the judicial system was engaged in victim-blaming and buying outdated notions about rape.

But legal experts and victims’ advocates said they viewed the ruling as a sign of something larger: the troubling gaps that still exist between the nation’s patchwork of laws and evolving ideas about rape and consent.
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