QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoWoman working in youth detention center charged with rapewww.whec.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down12
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minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoSeems to be primarily age-oriented, but also takes into account violence for the higher felony charges: https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article130.php?zoom_highlight=rape (Ianal, just wondered so I searched) In this case, no violence and not with someone under the age of 17 would be the 3rd degree.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoYup. It starts at simple sexual assault, and gets higher punishments for using violence, drugs, assaulting a minor, and/or abuse of a position of power, as it should be.
Seems to be primarily age-oriented, but also takes into account violence for the higher felony charges:
https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article130.php?zoom_highlight=rape
(Ianal, just wondered so I searched)
In this case, no violence and not with someone under the age of 17 would be the 3rd degree.
Yup. It starts at simple sexual assault, and gets higher punishments for using violence, drugs, assaulting a minor, and/or abuse of a position of power, as it should be.