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Jerry Sandusky charges bring focus on sex crime laws
Gary Asteak, a criminal defense lawyer in Easton, prefers the term rape to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse for clarity's sake. "Let's call it what it is," Asteak said. "IDSI is kind of a long term. ... It's a whole lot easier to say rape.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:50P
CBS Atlanta 46Sandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime laws
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:40P
Tough sentences don't deter drunk driving: gov't study
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck OTTAWA — An internal report by the federal Justice Department raises doubts about the effectiveness of harsher sentences, the linchpin of the Tory government's tough-on-crime policies. The study examined almost 3300
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:40P
Sandusky charges bring focus on Pa. law
Experts say the Pennsylvania definition of the two crimes overlap considerably, but the legal definition of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse covers behavior different from a rape involving vaginal sex between an adult man and woman.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:39P
WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderSandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:36P
WSET.com - ABC13Sandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime laws
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:36P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMSandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime laws
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:29P
Sandusky allegations may sound like rape, but other charges apply under Pa
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:28P
FOX Carolina 21Sandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime laws
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:28P
KCTV 5Sandusky charges bring focus on Pa. sex crime laws
That may sound to many people like a case of rape, but police and prosecutors turned instead to a different section of Pennsylvania's criminal code for the most serious of the sex offenses the former Penn State assistant coach faces.
Updated: 11/27/2011 01:27P
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