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"Definition of rape widened; Consent can be revoked in mid-act, judges rule"

"Definition of rape widened; Consent can be revoked in mid-act, judges rule": The Baltimore Sun today contains an article that begins, "The state's highest court ruled yesterday that a man can be charged with rape if he ignores a woman's calls to stop - even if she had previously consented to sex. With this expansion of the legal definition of rape, Maryland joins seven other states whose courts have determined that a woman can revoke her consent after intercourse begins."

And The Washington Post reports today that "In Reversal of '06 Decision, Rape Can Be Charged if Consent Is Withdrawn."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's ruling of the Court of Appeals of Maryland appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 17, 2008 (boomark / email).