An 18-Year-Old Said She Was Raped While In Police Custody. The Officers Say She Consented. She thought it would be a simple case. She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented.

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[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's pretty demented, that police can claim a detainee consented in 35/50 states? Why is that law allowed at all? This is yet another instance of police having too much power and not enough accountability.

[–]FormosaOolong 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seriously, it's unfathomable. Common sense would have us believe this could never be possible.

It's one aspect of the insanity of a "judicial" system that has so many statutes, codes, laws, etc that it takes teams of lawyers and law libraries the size of entire rooms just to decode it. How is that fair? How is anyone who is not a millionaire supposed to have a chance?