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What Kind of Rule?: Rape Shield Ruling by the Court of Appeals of Minnesota Raises Question, What Kind of Rule is the Rape Shield Rule?
The recent opinion of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota in State v. Bauer, 2009 WL 112842 (Minn.App. 2009), raises an essential question:  What kind of rule is the Rape Shield Rule?  And I think that Minnesota courts have answered that question correctly...

Rape shield and the right of confrontation
You’re representing a defendant in a child rape case.  The eight-year-old victim has testified in graphic detail as to exactly what your client did...

Rape Shield and Crawford
The question was straightforward:  “Do you think that Crawford renders the rape shield statute unconstitutional?”  I hadn’t given it much thought, so I gave the first answer that came to mind:  “No...

Rape Shield Laws at EvidenceProf
EvidenceProf Blog has had quite a few posts on rape shield laws that raise very difficult questions. Here is another one: The Court of Appeals of Kansas' recent opinion in State v...

KS Legislature passes expanded version of rape shield law
Basically, the measure -- which needs the governor's OK -- would make it harder to introduce a victim's sexual history during a trial...

New Jersey: Bill Would Create Civil "Rape Shield" Law in Sexual Harassment Cases
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2009. New Jersey - Bill would create civil ?rape shield? law in sexual harassment casesOgletree DeakinsOn May 11, 2009, the Assembly Judiciary Committee reported favorably on a bill (A243) that would create a so-called "rape shield" statute for civil cases.

How many years in jail for rape third degree
This will depend on the state in which you are in. Each state law sets the level...