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Old 07-22-2011, 10:05 AM   #23 (permalink)
KirStang
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Originally Posted by loquitur View Post
"Rape" has a legal defintion, fixed by statute in all 50 states. Here in NY, for example, the definition of rape -- what you need to do in order to be convicted -- is:

S 130.35 Rape in the first degree.
A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when he or she engages
in sexual intercourse with another person:
1. By forcible compulsion; or
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I bet the definition of 'sexual intercourse' has been litigated in NY?

If you were a legislator, how would you draw up the scheme proscribing sexual crimes?
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