Pennsylvania House Advances Marital Rape Bill to Crime Status
The Pennsylvania House voted 105-88 to restore a proposal making rape within marriage a crime with a maximum 20 year sentence. Supporters say it ends a Victorian era flaw and cites cases from PCAR data. opponents argue enforcement is difficult and claim rape between spouses is unlikely.
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Karen Paris
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
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Allen Kukovich
D-Westmoreland
Democrats push Ertel for attorney general
Forty six Democratic lawmakers urged former U S representative Allen Ertel to run for Pennsylvania attorney general next year. Rep Kenneth Cole said the petition showed Ertel’s campaign momentum though fewer than half the House Democrats had signed. Cole noted Philadelphia and county caucuses typically decide support and many Democrats statewide are expected to run.
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Siberian tiger kills trainer during act at German zoo
Juergen Harendt, 34, was killed by a 40 pound Siberian tiger named Taiwan at Wald Zoo in northern Germany while his wife Marina and four visitors tried to intervene. Eight other tigers joined the mauling. police shot a tiger refusing to leave the body.
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Taiwan
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Harendt
Wald
Germany
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