What New York’s Rape Laws Mean for the Cornell Case
New York state law makes it difficult to prosecute sexual assault cases when victims have consumed alcohol willingly. This legal hurdle prevented charges in a specific Cornell University case.
State law makes it harder to prosecute when victims drank willingly. The prosecutor in the Cornell case said that kept him from charging students accused of sexual assault.
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