balderdash@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoCan two drunk people consent to having sex with each other?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down124
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minus-squareaverage650@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoSo … they raped each other? They could both go to jail?
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThey would have to press charges and take the other to court, and the burden of proof is on the accuser.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWisconsin has in the past prosecuted two 17-year-olds as adults on sexual assault charges for having sex with each other. So, yeah, the legal system has no qualms about treating people as both victim and perpetrator for the same action.
So … they raped each other? They could both go to jail?
They would have to press charges and take the other to court, and the burden of proof is on the accuser.
Wisconsin has in the past prosecuted two 17-year-olds as adults on sexual assault charges for having sex with each other. So, yeah, the legal system has no qualms about treating people as both victim and perpetrator for the same action.