Calif. law: It's not rape if you're a single lady

By HLNtv.com Staff

updated 2:35 PM EST, Wed January 09, 2013

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When is a rape a rape?
One controversial California law makes a distinction between single and married women

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Calif. law: It's not rape if you're a single lady

A rape isn't a rape unless the female victim is married. That's what a California law says. The law dates back to 1872, and it is the reason at least one rape conviction was overturned.

In the case, the man is accused of entering an 18-year-old woman's dark bedroom and pretending to be her boyfriend. What happened next has California in the spotlight.

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