New York lawmakers push for sex assault bill amid ‘Cornell Seven’ case
New York lawmakers are pushing for a bill to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases where the victim was too impaired to consent. The proposal follows the "Cornell Seven" case.
A proposed New York law introduced in the wake of the “Cornell Seven” case would make it easier to prosecute certain sexual assault cases when a victim is too impaired by drugs, including alcohol, to understand what is happening or consent to sexual activity. Bronx lawmakers and survivors of sexual violence held a press conference...
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