Under current law, sexual assault involving someone who is “mentally incapacitated” is narrowly defined. It only applies when the victim’s incapacitation results from the involuntary administration of intoxicating substances. This excludes cases where victims voluntarily consumed drugs or alcohol and were subsequently incapacitated, leaving them without recourse to hold perpetrators accountable.…
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Column by Adrian Kuzminski for October 19, 2018 If We Can’t Agree On Basis Of Truth, Nation In Trouble In any war, as the saying goes, truth is the first casualty. That’s become the case, unfortunately, in the war of the sexes as well. It’s turned into a war because the abiding injustice women have suffered from men resists resolution through institutions mostly created and sustained by men. What counts as evidence, or sincerity, or credibility may have more to…
Hartwick, SUNY Oneonta Students March To ‘Take Back The Night’ Students from Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta walk in the 13th annual Take Back The Night march, which went from Milne’s Library to Hartwick campus where Heather Sims spoke about her own experiences with assault. The walkers then continued on down to Muller Plaza where there were singers, speakers and information. (Ian Austin/ allotsego.com)…