Rape! :'(

Background info Rape is an act of violence by one person against another. It is an act of power that aims to hurt at the most intimate level. Rape is a violation, whether it occurs at the hands of a stranger or within the home at the hands of an abusive husband or partner. In the United States, state laws on marital rape vary. On July 5, 1993, marital rape became a crime in all fifty states. In thirty-three states, however, there are exemptions from prosecution if, for example, the husband did not use force or if the woman is legally unable to consent because of a severe disability. There is still a tendency in the legal system to consider marital rape far less serious than either stranger or acquaintance rape. An analysis of data from the National Violence against Women Survey, sponsored jointly by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated that 1.5 million women and 834,700 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year.

Court case A case against Nicholas Morales was heard in front of the Supreme Court Wednesday. He's accused of raping his niece Tanya for years while she was a little girl. "He thought he got away with it for so many years" she said. As an adult, Tanya came forward. In 2005, prosecutors charged Morales with rape, more than 20 years after the alleged crime. However, there used to be a 15-year statute of limitations on first-degree felonies, like rape and murder. That means prosecutors only had 15 years to charge a suspect. The State Court of Appeals ruled that police and prosecutors hadn't charged Morales in time. Now, the State Supreme Court has to decide if the legislature intended for the new law to be retroactive.

Current event Football Hall of Famer, Lawrence Taylor, charged with rape and arrested in May of 2010. Taylor, 51, was charged with statutory rape and soliciting a minor prostitute, both of which he denies. The rape charge carries a four-year maximum prison term and the prostitution charge could add an additional year. Ramapo, N.Y., Police Chief Peter Brower told reporters that Taylor "engaged in sexual intercourse with a child less than 17 for which he paid the victim $300. "The alleged victim, a runaway from the Bronx, N.Y., was allegedly brought to Taylor's room at the Holidome Hotel in Montebello, N.Y., by a man police identified as Rasheed Davis, who has been charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Current event 14 yr old declares herself raped and weeks before fer court date, commits suicide. Case is dropped because no testimony can be given!

Has accurate justice been served?

I, personally, do not agree with the court on this particular case. Although the victim has passed which makes it difficult, the defendant could very well be guilty. Something had to push this young girl to take such a drastic action as suicide, and the supreme court should realize that and further the investigation.

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