Word: fairstein
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...only crime [where] the victim's testimony was not sufficient," Fairstein said. The case could be tried only if the rape victim had witnesses, for example, or had sustained an injury, she added...
Although this requirement has been eliminated, antiquated legal definitions of sexual crimes remain, said Fairstein...
...York state, the law still reads that martial rape is not a crime," Fairstein said. "Legislators have declared the law unconstitutional, but have not voted to repeal...
...Fairstein addressed an audience of more than 50 students during her speech, which was presented as part of the Radcliffe Alumni Lecture series...
Before 1972, Fairstein said, New York criminal laws required victims of sexual assault and rape to provide corroborative, independent evidence of the crime...