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Real Life Date Rape Case

The Hofstra Rape Hoax has people talking about date-rape all over again.  Emily Bazelon has some interesting commentary here.  Glenn Reynolds and Ann Althouse have some great comments here.  Let's not dwell on the abstract; let's look at the concrete.  Let's examine a real-life date-rape case.  (A defendant has consented to have his case details made available, though he does not want to be personally identified.)In State v. Anonymous, the defendant went out drinking with the complaining witness (CW) and her best friend.  They drank most of the night.  Between the three of them, they drank less than 1/2 a bottle of Captain Morgan.  Around midnight, the defendant and CW had sex...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).