Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Alabama appeals court strikes down anti-sodomy law

[JURIST] The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals [official website] on Friday struck down [opinion] a portion of a state law [text] banning consensual oral and anal sex, aimed at criminalizing homosexual conduct, as unconstitutional. The appeal was brought by a Dallas County, Alabama, man who was charged with engaging in consensual sodomy with another man and ultimately sentenced to 12 months in jail for "sexual misconduct." The Alabama statute prohibiting such conduct states that "consent is no defense" to a...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/06/alabama-appeals-court-strikes-down-anti-sodomy-law.php

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