4 Lies , Rape , and Statutory Rape
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Whenadefendant lies or uses other forms of deception to induce an adult partner into sex, the law only rarely treats that as rape, even if the partner would not have engaged in the act absent the deception.But when the defendant himself is deceived into having sex with a partner who is underage, such deception is normally no defense to charges of statutory rape, even if, once again, it was a “butfor” cause of the act. To put it another way, in the case of rape, the lie-perpetrator normally escapes liability, while in statutory rape, the lie-victim is punished. At first glance,
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