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If two people are equally unable to give consent, but have sex anyway, should either be charged with a crime? It's a question that many college administrators wrestle with when drugs and alcohol are factors in sexual assault disputes. The verdict often seems to be that male students are uniquely responsible for ascertaining that their sexual partners are in a state of mind to consent, even when the female is the initiator and both are intoxicated.

Democratic Virginia state delegate Joseph Morrissey, who reached a plea agreement for charges relating to a sexual relationship he had with his 17-year-old office assistant, is yet to decide whether he will resign or commute to work from jail. The 57-year-old Democratic representative for Henrico county was sentenced to 12 months in jail with 6 months suspended for charges of “contributing to the delinquency of a minor,” according to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Morrissey’s lawyers say that he will be allowed to continue his work in the general assembly and his private law practice as part of a...

After remaining mostly silent since nude photos of her were taken from her phone and leaked online, actress Jennifer Lawrence has spoken out at length to Vanity Fair about the hack. "It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime," Lawrence told Vanity Fair. "It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these websites are responsible." "Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. It’s so beyond me. I...

Britain has tried to make good by one of its most famous sons, posthumously pardoning Alan Turing for a gay sex conviction which tarnished the brilliant career of the code breaker credited with helping win the war against Nazi Germany and laying the foundation for the computer age. One author said he hoped Tuesday’s symbolic act—the famous mathematician committed suicide more than 50 years ago—would send a message to countries such as India and Russia, where gays can still be prosecuted for expressing their sexuality. Others say the pardon doesn’t go far enough, noting that thousands of others shared in...

Dem Mayor PeeWee Richardson Charged With Multiple Sex Crimes BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff September 20, 2013 12:28 pm James “PeeWee” Richardson, mayor of Carbon Hill, Alabama, was arrested and taken to the Walker County Jail Thursday evening for allegations of sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, harassment, and soliciting prostitution. Accusations against Richardson include: sexual conduct against four victims, “that he engaged some victims in the custody of the Carbon City Jail,” and soliciting prostitution from one of the victims. Should “PeeWee” be convicted, his maximum penalty would be one to ten years in jail for one to ten years per...

Accused sex offender Kaitlyn Hunt will remain jailed in Florida until she goes to trial after a judge declared the evidence “overwhelming” she had violated court orders not to have contact with the minor victim in her case. An Indian River County Sheriff’s Office detective testified Tuesday that Hunt had repeatedly violated that order. And because the alleged violations included Hunt sending sexually explicit photos and videos to the victim, the 19-year-old former cheerleader has now been charged by prosecutors with another felony

Single people in Guangdong province reported going 30 months on average without kisses, a survey said on Wednesday. The survey was conducted by baihe.com, a leading matchmaking service provider in China. It also found that young single people in Jiangsu province went an average of 36 months for without being kissed. Meanwhile, 92 percent of single people between the ages of 22 and 35 in Shanghai said they have been kissed within the last week. Some netizens and experts have called for the establishment of Kiss Day in China to build a closer relationship between young people.

Four women wanted in alleged sex assault of 19-year-old man in downtown Toronto Toronto police are looking for four female suspects who they say allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old man. The incident happened during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 31, after the man met the four women at a nightclub near King Street and University Avenue. The man left the club with the women who offered to drive him home, according to a written statement from Toronto police. “The complainant was instead driven to a parking lot in the area of Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue where...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel

The U.S. soldier whose rape case was largely responsible for the reinstatement of a curfew for all American servicemembers in South Korea appeared before an appeals court Thursday asking that his 10-year prison sentence be reduced.

Accused last week of attempting to rape a hotel chamber maid in New York, former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (known as DSK in France) can now rely on Guidepost Solutions detective agency, in addition to his top-flight legal defence team. According to the New York Times, Guidepost Solutions’ directors include a former head of the criminal division at the New York prosecutor’s office, a former head of security at IT giant IBM and a former federal prosecutor who has worked closely with the US Secret Service. Finding the slightest fault These investigators have been hired to uncover any elements that...

Police in Checotah, Oklahoma, found out about the affair when the teen boasted to his friends about the home made sex tape. After being quizzed by detectives McCutchan admitted she had videoed herself having sex with her teen lover.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is urging the nation’s schools and colleges to do more to prevent sexual violence, saying campus sex crimes often go unreported because victims fear that universities will not discipline offenders. Mr. Biden travels to the University of New Hampshire on Monday to discuss new Education Department instructions, issued on Monday, to public school districts, colleges and universities about their responsibilities under civil rights laws to prevent sexual violence. “Sexual violence can happen to anyone, and it happens at the best colleges,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “Very few report the crime to law...

A man deported to his native Mexico within months of his conviction for sexual assault was arrested after living illegally for many years in Minneapolis, according to federal authorities. Rodolfo Gomez-Olvera, 38, of Minneapolis, was indicted Tuesday in federal court in Minneapolis on a charge of illegal reentry. Gomez-Olvera was convicted in Southern California in 1995 for having sex with a minor and deported several months later, according to court documents.

LifeSiteNews.com Life, Family and Culture News Planned Parenthood held statutory rape victim hostage: police report by Rebecca Millette Mon Feb 14 2:55 PM EST KENNEWICK, Washington, February 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A police investigation report reveals that staff at a Kennewick, WA Planned Parenthood abortion facility held a pregnant teen and victim of statutory rape hostage against the wishes of her father. The September 2008 report, recently obtained by pro-life blogger ‘Abortion in Washington,’ documents the police investigation of the case of a 14-year-old un-named teen at the hands of Planned Parenthood (PP) staff worker Andrea Smasne.  The girl, 22...

STANTON – A man suspected of making more than 2,000 obscene calls during the past year to female dispatchers at several local law enforcement agencies was taken into custody Friday, Sheriff's Department officials said. ((snip)) One sheriff's dispatcher received more than 1,000 calls, while another received more than 300, Amormino said. ((snip)) Vasquez, who has been deported to Mexico on two occasions, is under an immigration hold.

Former state Sen. Joseph “Jim” Marzilli pleaded guilty today to accosting four women while on state business in Lowell in a bizarre sex-crazed spree that destroyed his career. He was sentenced to three months in jail to be served at the Billerica House of Correction. One of the Arlington Democrat’s victims was handicapped, police have said. Lowell Superior Court Judge Paul Chernoff gave him prison time over the objections of his lawyer who was seeking probation. In addition to four counts of accosting and annoying a person of the opposite sex, Marzilli also pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and disorderly...

Victor Nunez is an illegal alien from Mexico. Two years after arriving in the United States, he was convicted of petty theft for shoplifting. Then, he was convicted of a much more serious crime: He exposed himself in public. But even that wasn’t enough to have him removed from the country.   After a decade of his illegal presence, the Department of Homeland Security finally brought immigration charges to remove him from the United States. Crimes of “moral turpitude,” like exposing your genitals to children, are supposed to result in certain deportation.     The Immigration Judge denied his application, and the Board of...

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. -- It has been a nightmare for Dan Wheeler for 15 years. It started with his wallet being stolen from his truck, and his identity stolen. Usually the trouble that follows has to do with bank or credit fraud, but Wheeler says his identity was stolen by a sex offender who was arrested and used Wheeler's name as an alias. "It's been absolutely miserable," said Wheeler. About five years ago the Port Orchard man was stopped for making an illegal left turn. "The officer told me to get out of the car and I was under arrest,"...

Whether or not the allegations by the massage therapist about Al Gore assaulting her in a Portland, Oregon hotel room are true, there are many things I have learned from reading her crime report. Below are excerpts from the report followed by how I was enlightened by the information revealed:He described a grueling travel schedule over the previous week or two, mostly by air, and he said he needed his gluteus, hamstring, quadriceps and adductors worked on as well as his abdominal area besides his back and whole body…. I mentally noted that a request for adductor work is...