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From: mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.women
Subject: Re: rape/battery
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:43:39 EDT
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> 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.