Sandy
06-02-2017, 11:29 AM
The Atlanta Police Department recently released startling new data stating the number of reported rapes this year has doubled compared to 2016. The jump — from 50 between Jan. 1, 2016 and May 20, 2016 to 101 in the same period this year — is jarring, but the spike appears less to come from an increase in the crime itself and more from a change in how the city defines it.
The state legislation outlines that if a man is the victim, then the alleged offender would more than likely be charged with aggravated sodomy, which only carries a possibility of parole, according to Russell Dean Covey, a law professor at Georgia State University. And it doesn't hold nearly the same severity in punishment compared to rape — an offense that potentially carries a life sentence without parole.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/01/here-s-why-atlantas-reported-rape-total-has-doubled-in-a-year/22121996/
And still only 100 rapes in that city? There must be 100 times more that go unreported.
The state legislation outlines that if a man is the victim, then the alleged offender would more than likely be charged with aggravated sodomy, which only carries a possibility of parole, according to Russell Dean Covey, a law professor at Georgia State University. And it doesn't hold nearly the same severity in punishment compared to rape — an offense that potentially carries a life sentence without parole.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/01/here-s-why-atlantas-reported-rape-total-has-doubled-in-a-year/22121996/
And still only 100 rapes in that city? There must be 100 times more that go unreported.