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  2. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    First Degree Statutory Rape N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 14-27.24 LWOP, life with parole or a prison term of at least 25 years (LWP and 25 years are only options if the defendant was under 18) After serving his sentence, the convict shall be under lifelong satellite-based monitoring Statutory Rape of a Person Who Is 15 Years of Age or Younger

  3. Statutory rape - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In common law jurisdictions, statutory rape is nonforcible sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent (the age required to legally consent to the behaviour). [1][2] Although it usually refers to adults engaging in sexual contact with minors under the age of consent, it is a generic term, and very few ...

  4. Laws regarding rape - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana it ruled the same in regard to rape of a child. [30] Prison sentences for rape are not uniform. A study made by the U.S. Department of Justice of prison releases in 1992, involving about 80 percent of the prison population, found that the average sentence for convicted rapists was 9.8 years, while the actual time served was 5.4 years ...

  5. Rape law in Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The 1896 Code of Alabama amended "Punishment of rape" to adjust the length of potential prison sentences (additions underlined; removals struck through): [61] "Any person , who is guilty of the crime of rape, must , on conviction , be punished, at the discretion of the jury, either by death, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life not ...

  6. Wilson v. State - Wikipedia

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    Wilson v. State, 652 S.E. 2d 501, 282 Ga. 520 (2007) was a Georgia court case brought about to appeal the aggravated child molestation conviction of Genarlow Wilson (born April 8, 1986, to Juanessa Bennett and Marlow Wilson). Wilson was convicted of aggravated child molestation in 2005, after, at the age of 17, he had engaged in oral sex with a ...

  7. Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rape. Rape in the United States is defined by the United States Department of Justice as "Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim." While definitions and terminology of rape vary by jurisdiction in the United ...

  8. Ages of consent in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The sentence for a first time offender convicted of producing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2251 (such as taking a suggestive cell phone picture of an otherwise legal sexual partner under the age of 18 without an intent to share or sell the picture), face fines and a statutory minimum of 15 years to 30 years maximum in prison.

  9. Mary Kay Letourneau - Wikipedia

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    7 + 1⁄2 years in prison. Mary Katherine " Mary Kay " Fualaau[1] (previously Letourneau, née Schmitz; January 30, 1962 – July 6, 2020) was an American teacher who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child. Letourneau was 34, and the child, Vili Fualaau, was 12 years old [2][3] when she initiated the sexual ...