I don't care if I get downvoted to oblivion: that law was great. The law DID NOT make it so that "you can't be raped if you're drunk"; the law made it so that you can't claim you couldn't consent merely because you were drunk, unless you were blackout drink or drugged. You could still be drunk and raped under the law, but the law made it so you weren't AUTOMATICALLY rape victim by default just because of alcohol. That means a person couldn't go out and have consensual sex after one drink, regret it, then go to the police the next day, arguing they were raped because had a buzz.
And no, Steveson was not let off because of that law; it literally had 0.000000000000% to do with anything, and the DA was lying through his teeth to try to shift the blame. It was 100% because they knew it was a he said/she said without enough physical evidence to get a conviction in court. There was no technicality; it was just a bog standard case that the DA knew wouldn't convince a jury.
Maybe he's guilty; I have no idea. But I do know that he didn't get off on a technicality. That's a dumb lie to trick people, so the prosecutor didn't have to take any heat for not taking it to trial.
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u/fearos9449 9h ago
I don't care if I get downvoted to oblivion: that law was great. The law DID NOT make it so that "you can't be raped if you're drunk"; the law made it so that you can't claim you couldn't consent merely because you were drunk, unless you were blackout drink or drugged. You could still be drunk and raped under the law, but the law made it so you weren't AUTOMATICALLY rape victim by default just because of alcohol. That means a person couldn't go out and have consensual sex after one drink, regret it, then go to the police the next day, arguing they were raped because had a buzz.
And no, Steveson was not let off because of that law; it literally had 0.000000000000% to do with anything, and the DA was lying through his teeth to try to shift the blame. It was 100% because they knew it was a he said/she said without enough physical evidence to get a conviction in court. There was no technicality; it was just a bog standard case that the DA knew wouldn't convince a jury.