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Blaming the Victim

Started by Shana A, April 15, 2009, 01:07:17 PM

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Shana A

April 15, 2009, 01:07:17 PM
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Blaming the Victim
Zoe Brain

http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/04/blaming-victim.html

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, a generally excellent legal blog, a post which is... controversial to say the least.

    In Greeley, Colorado, a trial will begin this week for Allen Andrade, who is accused of murdering Angie Zapata. Zapata (former first name "Justin") was a female transgender person. It appears that Zapata tricked Andrade into a sexual relationship. Andrade was led to believe that Zapata was a female in the conventional sense of the term; when he found out otherwise, he flew into a rage and beat Zapata to death.

    Colorado law for sexual assault states that there is no "consent" if the consent "is induced by force, duress, or deception." Accordingly, Zapata may have perpetrated the crime of "unlawful sexual contact", which is a Class 1 misdemeanor and is subject to enhanced sentencing as an "extraordinary risk crime."
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