Prof. Hasday Writes Op-Ed for Washington Post on Marital Rape Law

Professor Jill Hasday wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post discussing the law's treatment of marital rape. She explained that at least 23 states continue to treat rape in marriage more leniently than rape outside of it. These states criminalize a narrower range of conduct if committed within marriage, impose less serious penalties on the marital rape they do recognize, and/or create special procedural obstacles to marital rape prosecutions.