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Jun 18, 2014 criminal-law rape qualified-rape child-witness hymenal-laceration supreme-court

Rape Conviction Upheld: Child Witness Credibility and the Hymenal Laceration Myth

The Supreme Court affirms a grandfather's qualified rape conviction, holding that an intact hymen does not negate rape and that a child's credible testimony suffices.