http://www.elharo.com/blog/new-york/2007/10/12/grand-jury-notes/ Ranting and Raving Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.elharo.com/blog/new-york/2007/10/12/grand-jury-notes/#comment-151599 John Cowan Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:50:06 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/new-york/2007/10/12/grand-jury-notes/#comment-151599 That word does not mean what you think it means. "Sodomy" means rape by oral or anal means, and most such cases were men forcing women to have oral sex with them. "Rape" as such still requires a penis and a vagina, but the penalties are the same in any case: it's just a matter of labeling. (The law against <i>consensual</i> sodomy had been a dead letter since 1980 and was officially repealed in 2000.) That word does not mean what you think it means. “Sodomy” means rape by oral or anal means, and most such cases were men forcing women to have oral sex with them. “Rape” as such still requires a penis and a vagina, but the penalties are the same in any case: it’s just a matter of labeling. (The law against consensual sodomy had been a dead letter since 1980 and was officially repealed in 2000.)

]]> http://www.elharo.com/blog/new-york/2007/10/12/grand-jury-notes/#comment-151574 Jury Experiences Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:34:12 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/new-york/2007/10/12/grand-jury-notes/#comment-151574 [...] Read the rest… [...] [...] Read the rest… [...]

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