statutory rape

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Morales' supporters have created blockades around the country for 19 days, demanding an end to an investigation into the former president for alleged statutory rape and human trafficking, which he denies.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

The released videos inaccurately portrayed the clinics as complicit in covering up statutory rape.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2022

County district attorney who handled the prosecution of mobster Benjamin “Bugsy Siegel” for murder and actor Errol Flynn for statutory rape.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2019

The prosecutors also object to other provisions including recommended changes in statutory rape laws - calling those “unnecessary and dangerous” - and raising the juvenile crime threshold from 18 to 19.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2017

Earlier this year in the northern state of Sonora, a judge issued a ruling denying a 13-year-girl a legal abortion on the grounds that she was not a victim of rape but of statutory rape.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2016