Minnesota Supreme Court decision exposes flaws in sexual assault laws across US
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By: Bo Evans
and last updated 2021-04-15 15:26:58-04
MINNEAPOLIS â A recent court ruling in Minnesota exposed a potential flaw in sexual assault laws in most of the United States. Lawmakers and advocates in that state are jumping at the chance to make changes and protect future generations from trauma.
âFor victims of sexual assault, that one night, that one experience can dramatically change their lives,â said Assistant Hennipen County Attorney James Hanneman.
On the steps of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Hanneman was just echoing what heâs heard from too many victims, that the scars of sexual violence never fade easy. Itâs a sentiment that too many people in this country, especially women, know too well.
Minnesota Supreme Court decision exposes flaws in sexual assault laws across US
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Minnesota lawmakers aim to strengthen sexual assault laws
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press April 7, 2021 5:21pm Text size Copy shortlink:
MINNEAPOLIS A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers are calling for swift passage of legislation that would update the state s criminal sexual conduct code after a loophole in the law s current language led to the reversal of a rape conviction last month.
The Minnesota Supreme Court last month ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who was intoxicated, ruling that the definition of mental incapacitation in the state s law only accounts for victims who were involuntarily inebriated. The decision sparked outrage and emphas