Assertion: marital rape | /r/HasProperty | prosecuted
Facets:
value: successfully
type: MANNER
value: as causing bodily harm
type: MANNER
value: before
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Four States are considering legislation that would allow marital rape to be prosecuted.
text: Four States are considering legislation that would allow marital rape to be prosecuted.
text: Before, marital rape could only be prosecuted as "Causing bodily harm" (Section 223 of the German Criminal Code), "Insult" (Section 185 of the German Criminal Code) and "Using threats or force to cause a person to do, suffer or omit an act" (Nötigung, Section 240 of the German Criminal Code) which carried lower sentences and were rarely prosecuted.
text: Even when marital rape is prosecuted successfully, courts often pass shorter sentences - even if the law itself does not stipulate this - based on the view that sexual violation is less serious if it occurs within marriage.