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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: Re: Re: The Dotson Case
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 14:46:01 EDT
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> >	    o The conviction rate for rape is about 2%.  This is by
> >	      far the lowest rate of conviction for any crime.
> >
> 
> I think the problem here lies in proving rape.  More than almost any  other
> crime, the proof of rape depends on a person's state of mind.  Furthermore,
> unlike any other crime I can think of, it  depends  on  the  state  of  the
> _victim's_ mind.
> 
> If you point a gun at someone and demand they give you money, that's  armed
> robbery.  Period.  States  of  mind  don't  enter  into  the case, only the
> actions matter.
> 
If you point a gun at someone and demand that they "submit", that's armed
rape.  If you force someone some other way, it is unarmed rape, but still
rape, just like unarmed theft is still theft.

If you want to make a valid comparison, you should compare armed rape
with armed robbery, and unarmed rape with unarmed robbery.
If there are no weapons involved, theft could also depend in the state
of the victim's mind.



"Why Officer, when I asked him to, he just handed over his whole paycheck
to me.   I had no idea he didn't really want to!"
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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