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Common Law Definition of Rape - correct answer✔✔The unlawful sexual intercourse
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committed by a man with a woman who is not his wife through force and against her will ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Problems with the Common Law Definition of Rape - correct answer✔✔1) Victims are||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
restricted to females ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) Definition only includes penile penetration
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3) Husbands have an automatic exemption from offender status
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4) The victim did not submit voluntarily to the act
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Under common law, why are husbands exempt from rape? - correct answer✔✔Marriage
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cements the transfer of the woman from her father to the husband, and therefor a husband
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is free to do with his "property" as he pleases
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Spousal Immunity - correct answer✔✔The common law interpretation that a husband is
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incapable of raping his wife ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Absolute Exemption - correct answer✔✔A line of thinking the jurisdiction follows from
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spousal immunity in which husbands cannot be prosecuted for spousal rape under any
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condition
Some states are becoming more aware of spousal rape. What three characteristics do states
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look for in couples when trying to prosecute for spousal rape? - correct answer✔✔1) The
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parties are separate ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) The parties are in the process of obtaining a divorce
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3) The parties have taken steps to void or nullify their marriage
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, Acquaintance Rape/Date Rape - correct answer✔✔Rape in which the victim and offender ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
know one another and are engaged in friendly, noncombative interaction up until the attack
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What is the main problem with verifying claims of date rape? - correct answer✔✔There is an
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absence of the traditional stranger-to-stranger relationship and physical force, and this
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sometimes leads some people to believe there must be some degree of consent, thereby ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
negating a valid claim of rape ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are two reasons why juries in the past have been reluctant to convict offenders of rape
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or sexual assault? - correct answer✔✔1) The issue of consent. Often these cases came
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down to "he said/she said" ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) The punishment was the death penalty, and juries were hesitant to convict offenders
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when the evidence was less than compelling ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What court case struck down the death penalty? - correct answer✔✔Furman vs. Georgia
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(1972)
What court case reinstated the death penalty? - correct answer✔✔Gregg vs. Georgia (1976)
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What was the main point in the Coker vs. Georgia case (1977)? - correct answer✔✔The
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death penalty is a grossly disproportionate crime for the rape of an adult, which is a non-
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capital offense. In other words, the death penalty cannot be carried out for non-capital
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offenses
Child Rape - correct answer✔✔An adult having forcible sexual intercourse with a child under
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the age of 12 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What was the ruling for Kennedy vs. Louisianna? - correct answer✔✔The death penalty
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cannot be invoked in cases that did not involve a homicide. "Death penalty must be reserved
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for the worst of crimes and limited in its instances of applications."
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Common Law Definition of Rape - correct answer✔✔The unlawful sexual intercourse
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committed by a man with a woman who is not his wife through force and against her will ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Problems with the Common Law Definition of Rape - correct answer✔✔1) Victims are||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
restricted to females ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) Definition only includes penile penetration
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3) Husbands have an automatic exemption from offender status
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4) The victim did not submit voluntarily to the act
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Under common law, why are husbands exempt from rape? - correct answer✔✔Marriage
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cements the transfer of the woman from her father to the husband, and therefor a husband
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is free to do with his "property" as he pleases
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Spousal Immunity - correct answer✔✔The common law interpretation that a husband is
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incapable of raping his wife ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Absolute Exemption - correct answer✔✔A line of thinking the jurisdiction follows from
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spousal immunity in which husbands cannot be prosecuted for spousal rape under any
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condition
Some states are becoming more aware of spousal rape. What three characteristics do states
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look for in couples when trying to prosecute for spousal rape? - correct answer✔✔1) The
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parties are separate ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) The parties are in the process of obtaining a divorce
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3) The parties have taken steps to void or nullify their marriage
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, Acquaintance Rape/Date Rape - correct answer✔✔Rape in which the victim and offender ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
know one another and are engaged in friendly, noncombative interaction up until the attack
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What is the main problem with verifying claims of date rape? - correct answer✔✔There is an
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absence of the traditional stranger-to-stranger relationship and physical force, and this
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sometimes leads some people to believe there must be some degree of consent, thereby ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
negating a valid claim of rape ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are two reasons why juries in the past have been reluctant to convict offenders of rape
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or sexual assault? - correct answer✔✔1) The issue of consent. Often these cases came
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down to "he said/she said" ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2) The punishment was the death penalty, and juries were hesitant to convict offenders
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when the evidence was less than compelling ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What court case struck down the death penalty? - correct answer✔✔Furman vs. Georgia
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(1972)
What court case reinstated the death penalty? - correct answer✔✔Gregg vs. Georgia (1976)
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What was the main point in the Coker vs. Georgia case (1977)? - correct answer✔✔The
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death penalty is a grossly disproportionate crime for the rape of an adult, which is a non-
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capital offense. In other words, the death penalty cannot be carried out for non-capital
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offenses
Child Rape - correct answer✔✔An adult having forcible sexual intercourse with a child under
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the age of 12 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What was the ruling for Kennedy vs. Louisianna? - correct answer✔✔The death penalty
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cannot be invoked in cases that did not involve a homicide. "Death penalty must be reserved
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for the worst of crimes and limited in its instances of applications."
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