NY aims to change sexual assault laws: 'intoxication is not consent'
New York lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would prevent defendants in sex crime cases from using a victim's voluntary intoxication as a legal defense. The effort follows recent gang rape allegations at Cornell University.
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- On the heels of gang rape allegations at Cornell University, a group of lawmakers is renewing calls for the passage of a New York bill that would prevent someone accused of a sex crime from using the defense that the victim was voluntarily under the influence. Senate bill S10632 is aimed [...]
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