Tag: Sexual Assault Law
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Panel advances bill to add ‘consent’ to Colorado’s sexual assault law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kate Burgess said when she was raped in Boulder just over a year ago, she intended to report it to the police but changed her mind after she looked up Colorado’s sexual assault law. “I lost all hope,” said Burgess, a former victim advocate with…
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Bill aims to add the word ‘consent’ to Colorado’s sexual assault law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Legislators want to add the word “consent” to Colorado’s sexual assault statutes in an attempt to make the law clearer and more concise. Currently, sexual assault is defined as sexual intrusion when “the actor causes…