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Legal essay / manuscript draft
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Summary
This document appears to be a draft of a legal essay or book chapter, dated April 2, 2012, discussing the 'reasonable mistake of fact' defense in rape cases. The author (implied to be a legal scholar, likely Alan Dershowitz given the collection context) argues that while 'no means no,' ambiguous situations exist where legal punishment might be inappropriate despite moral wrongness, using the Mike Tyson case and Ella Fitzgerald lyrics as illustrative examples. The document is marked with a House Oversight Committee stamp.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mike Tyson | Subject of legal case example |
Used as an example regarding consent and reasonable belief in rape cases.
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| Desiree Washington | Victim in legal case example |
Mentioned regarding the question of intent to consent vs. Tyson's belief.
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| Ella Fitzgerald | Artist |
Referenced for the song lyrics 'She didn't say yes. She didn't say no.'
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| Author (Unidentified in text) | Writer |
Writes in the first person ('in my view'), discussing legal defenses for rape.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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| Her Majesty’s judges |
Referenced in a quote about English law.
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Discussed in the context of the Tyson rape case.
Key Quotes (4)
"In some rape cases, a similar Rashomon perspective is sometimes at work."Source
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"In the Mike Tyson case, for example, it is possible (though unlikely in my view) that Desiree Washington did not intend to consent to sex but that Mike Tyson reasonably believed—based on her “groupie-like” actions and statements—that she did."Source
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Quote #2
"No means no, and no man should be allowed to believe that no might mean yes or even maybe."Source
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Quote #3
"In such situations, it is morally wrong, in my view, for a man to assume consent, but it may also be legally wrong for the law to punish such immoral behavior"Source
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