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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
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Subject: charges and convictions
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What I'd like to know is:

If a woman is raped, can she press charges for battery instead of rape,
or does the definition of battery specifically exclude sexual battery?

Given some of the horror stories I've heard from women, I might prefer to
press battery charges than sit through a whole bunch of prejudice and
courtroom circuses.  Seems to me the definition of battery would certainly
cover what actually occurs during a rape, and if the chances of conviction
where equal or higher, that might be the way to go.  Certainly battery
cannot be a lesser charge, and it must not be a greater charge!?!

Anybody out there know?

Adrienne Regard