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Topic: Rape charges dropped against fake gynecologist
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jrose
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posted 04 February 2008 05:56 AM
Rape charges dropped against pharmacist who posed as gynecologist quote: BOSTON—Prosecutors say they cannot press rape charges against a pharmacist who allegedly posed as a gynecologist and examined two women because of a half-century old state law that says an assault can't be considered rape if consent is obtained through fraud or deceit.more stories like thisPolice charged pharmacist Nicholas Creanza with rape after he allegedly lured the women into the back room of his Springfield pharmacy and gave them exams. Because the women consented to the exams, even though they were being deceived, by law it could not be considered rape, Hampden County prosecutors said in dropping the charges. Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court urged lawmakers to close that loophole in the law in a 2007 case in which they found a man could not be prosecuted for rape for duping his brother's girlfriend into having sex. The court said state law currently defines rape as sexual intercourse compelled by force and against the will of the victim. Fraud cannot be allowed to replace the force required under the law, the court found.
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