Category Archives: Sex Crime

Rape Is Rape: How New York Quietly Rewrote One of Its Oldest Legal Definitions

If you learned about New York’s rape statutes in a health class or a courtroom drama a decade ago, you’re already working with outdated information. Effective September 1, 2024, New York eliminated the old “sexual intercourse” framework built around a penetration requirement and replaced it with a broader, more unified definition of rape covering… Read More »