Update-
Congratulations to the residents and legislators of California! This bill was approved yesterday. BTW- Yesterday, when I spoke to someone in the office of Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer, she told me the phones have been ringing off the hook! Good work everyone!
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Tomorrow, March 29th, the California Legislature will vote on the “Rape Survivor’s Civil Rights Bill,” AB1312, introduced by Assembly Members Gonzalez, Fletcher and Berman.
States employ a wide choice of terms to describe sexually exploiting victims. Some call it rape, some call it sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual misconduct, and the list goes on. In California, the statutes that address sex crimes using fraud refer to the offense as “sexual battery,” as 49 year old David Wolfsmith of Morgan Hill found out Continue reading Extra! Extra! New Sexual Battery by Fraud Case in CA
California still uses the word “rape” in its penal code.
It has laws that outlaw some, but not all types of rape by fraud! It’s a start! The laws passed in 2013. The case that inspired the change was People v Morales.
According to the case records, Julio Morales snuck into bed with a sleeping victim while her bedroom was dark. Morales’s account indicates that he changed her Continue reading California- The Land of In-Between