Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mb2c.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!mb2c!mpr From: mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.women Subject: Re: rape/battery Message-ID: <235@mb2c.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:43:39 EDT Article-I.D.: mb2c.235 Posted: Fri Aug 9 07:43:39 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:56:45 EDT References: <649@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Michigan Bell, Southfield, MI Lines: 14 Xref: linus net.legal:1668 net.women:6431 > Newsgroups: net.women,net.legal > > > > >Given some of the horror stories I've heard from women, I might prefer to > > >press battery charges than sit through a whole bunch of prejudice and > > >courtroom circuses. > > > > Unfortunately, battery is often treated as a lesser charge by the courts, > > regardless of the law or how we feel about it. > The courts often treat battery as a lesser charge because it is. It is almost a lesser included offense. ie. a battery consists of every element that rape does, but rape also requires some illegal sexual conduct.