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Related: About this forumLegal Experts on the DU: Question About Sexual Assault Punishment
As you might imagine, I am not a legal expert, so trying to comb through the laws on sexual assault has lead me nowhere. Instead, I'll just ask people who know.
I am wondering, what type of punishment someone would be facing if they actually did what Trump said that he did from the tape yesterday?
I'm sure it varies by state but in general if a 59 year old man kissed a woman and grabbed her genitals without consent, what kind of jail sentence, fines, sex offender registration would he be facing?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)CincyDem
(6,363 posts)...justice system punishment would be the least of my worries. Mrs. CincyDem would be sure of that.
There's something about a rolling pin and the iron skillet that comes to mind.
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)...laying face down on the gurney in an emergency room, through the foggy haze of a drug induced sleep, hearing a doctor say as he looks at my exposed backside...
"I know how to get the rolling pin out but how the hell do you think we get the iron skillet out"!!!
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)could result.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)I WA state it could be called Indecent Liberties (sexual contact by forcible compulsion). It is a Class A felony here in WA and the amount of time a person would spend would depend on his criminal history. Middle of the range with no criminal history would be 59 months plus 36 months of community custody (probation like); and registration as a sex offender.
It could also be charged as an assault with sexual motivation. If the assault was a felony, the sexual motivation tag would increase the time in custody by one year, and sex offender registration would be required.
Here, however without injury, it would likely be only a misdemeanor (if not indecent liberties), and at this point it does not require registration or enhanced sentence. "A harmful or offensive touching."