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...Poor men. I can only speak from my experience, of course. I know there have been things, horrible things, which have never come near my protected life: brutal rape, wife-beating, job discrimination. Much of this has been corrected; still more will be taken care of if the E R A is passed, as I fervently hope. But we must have been emotionally raped; we are measured, above all, by our work; we are encouraged not to bond, neither to each other nor to women. We are desexualized, desensualized; neuter brains, success machines. We are not supposed to enjoy touch...
Three Law professors yesterday differed in their reactions to a bill passed Monday by the Senate providing for the complete overhaul of the federal criminal code. The bill would substantially alter the current methods of sentencing, and change federal laws regarding conspiracy, rape, sedition, corporate abuse and civil liberties...
Countryman also objected to the bill's many lesser-known political and social provisions. He thought that an amendment tacked onto the bill by Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kans.), allowing judges to deny pre-trial release to persons accused of murder, treason, rape, sabotage, or trafficking in narcotics, is probably unconstitutional. Dershowitz agreed the provision was a "crass political compromise." Vorenberg refused comment on the Dole amendment...
...bill's rape provisions make evidence of the plaintiff's prior sexual conduct admissable in court only when directly related to a defense of consent. Countryman believes that rape defendants will now use that defense. He approved, however, the portion of the bill declaring spouse rape illegal...
Local prosecutors select their career violators using individual systems. Louisville targets suspects with two previous felony convictions or five arrests. Washington concentrates on parolees who are arrested again, for a crime of violence; Detroit zeros in on three-time offenders charged with murder, rape, household burglary and armed robbery. Boston uses a "case evaluation form," based on a ten-point penalty system. Penalty points are given for brutality, use of firearms, parole or bail status at the time of the crime, and even strength of the evidence against the suspect. Any suspect who gets ten points or more gets...