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Alvin Bragg Calls for Stricter New York Rape Law

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Bragg wants to close a loophole that allows those accused of sex crimes to use a victim's intoxication in their defense.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called for the closing of a legal loophole in New York that allows those charged with rape and other sex crimes to use a victim's intoxication in their defense.Lawmakers have repeatedly fallen short while attempting to nail up the escape hatch for at least the past five years.

'If we are serious about protecting New Yorkers from sexual assault, we must update our laws to fit the reality of the crimes that are occurring ... the Legislature has an obligation to act.'Bragg and Ossorio go on to note that the new law 'would bring New York's law into line with 27 other jurisdictions that already criminalize sexual assault of individuals who are incapable of consent by reason of voluntary intoxication.

 

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