sexual assault law
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Panel advances bill to add ‘consent’ to Colorado’s sexual assault law
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Kate Burgess said when she was raped in Boulder just over a year ago, she intended to report it to the police but changed her mind after she looked up Colorado’s sexual assault law. “I lost all hope,” said Burgess, a former victim advocate with the Fort Collins Police Department. “The law was confusing, perpetrator…
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Bill aims to add the word ‘consent’ to Colorado’s sexual assault law
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Legislators want to add the word “consent” to Colorado’s sexual assault statutes in an attempt to make the law clearer and more concise. Currently, sexual assault is defined as sexual intrusion when “the actor causes submission of the victim by means sufficient to cause submission against the victim’s will.” If passed, House Bill 1169 would…
