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I don't think you can conclude "rape" from that, at least not necessarily what you or I would necessarily call rape. Remember that these laws are generally written by people given large campaign donations by Jerry Falwell. For example, maybe they were legally drunk when they had sex.

How old was the conviction? "Sex Offender" is something that stays with you to the grave - no parole - and this incident could be from 20 years ago.



As the Arab's post demonstrated, the offense code in question clearly does indicate a sex act performed by force and without consent. Most definitions of the word "rape" encompass any forced sex act, rather than being strictly limited to sexual intercourse, so I think it's fair to call it rape. A specific legal offence entitled "rape" may have a more limited definition of course.

I wasn't commenting on the merits of Megan's Law or stating an opinion one way or the other about Skeeter anyway. I was merely commenting on the fact that the other thread dissappeared. I can understand why that thread was canned, because it contained unsupportable allegations that his victim was a child. This thread contains nothing that isn't fair comment based on the facts at hand.
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