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Nov 23, 2021 criminal-law statutory-rape imbecility-defense revised-penal-code supreme-court

Intellectual Disability as a Defense: The Limits of Exemption from Criminal Liability in Statutory Rape Cases

The Supreme Court clarifies when intellectual disability or imbecility exempts an accused from criminal liability, and why it did not apply in this statutory rape conviction.