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Oklahoma court: oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Apr 28, 2016 07:23am |
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Category | Legal Ruling |
Author | Molly Redden |
News Date | Wednesday, April 27, 2016 10:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | An 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appeals court, is sparking outrage among critics who say the judicial system was engaged in victim-blaming and buying outdated notions about rape.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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