Assertion: rape's husband | /r/CapableOf | rape his wife
Facets:
value: forcibly
type: MANNER
value: with impunity
type: MANNER
value: without fear of legal consequences
type: MANNER
value: in 1989
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The high court's ruling on the case stated that sexual intercourse between spouses are rape if there was a lack of consent and that "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity".
text: In R v Sharples (1990) it was alleged that the husband had raped his wife in 1989.
text: In the 1984 New York Court of Appeals case of People v. Liberta, judge Sol Wachtler stated that "a marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity.
text: However, until 1975, every state had a “marital exemption” that allowed a husband to rape his wife without fear of legal consequences.
text: Today it is a crime in all 50 states (and federal lands) for a husband to rape his wife.