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The laws of Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, [127] Mississippi, and Tennessee specifically refer to "statutory rape", with each state defining it differently. Nevada criminalizes "statutory sexual seduction" while Pennsylvania criminalizes "statutory sexual assault".
In North Carolina, the offenses of Rape and Sexual Offense cover cases of forced penetration. [50] The Constitution of North Carolina ranks rape among the crimes which can be punished by death, although Kennedy v. Louisiana restricts the range of capital crimes to homicides and crimes against the State. [51]
By making it illegal for an adult to have sex with a minor, statutory rape laws aim to give the minor some protection against adults in a position of power over the youth. [3] Another argument presented in defence of statutory rape laws relates to the difficulty in prosecuting rape (against a victim of any age) in the courtroom.
The age of consent is the age at or above which a person is considered to have the legal capacity to consent to sexual activity. Both partners must be of legal age to give consent, although exceptions to the age of consent law exist in some jurisdictions when the minor and their partner are within a certain number of years in age or when a minor is married to his/her partner.
Tennessee could become one of the few states to permit capital punishment for rape of a child under 12. House Bill 1663, sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, would ...
The new Tennessee law, which goes into effect July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of aggravated rape of a child. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis ...
Seven years ago, North Carolina had 16,000 untested rape kits. The state says all of those kits have now been tested. North Carolina clears rape kit backlog; other states still have 1,000s
Tennessee: The Tennessee Code does not provide a definition for consent, [5] but a lack of consent is sufficient to commit 'rape' (also called 'unlawful sexual penetration') under §39-13-501 or 'sexual battery' (also called 'unlawful sexual contact') under §39-13-505, which in identical wording state: 'The sexual penetration/contact is ...