1.
Delaware has a population of 907,135 with 289
reported incidents.
2.
All sexual offense statuses, except incest and
unlawful sexual contact (third degree), which are misdemeanors, are felonies in
Delaware. There is no time limitation for class A felonies. There is a time
limitation for any felony other than murder within five years after commission
of the offense except the following: incest, unlawful sexual contact in the 1st-3rd
degree, rape in the 1st-4th degree, sexual extortion, and dangerous crimes
against a child. There is no time limitation for these offenses. There is a
time limitation within three years after the commission of any class A
misdemeanor.
3.
Delaware law defines rape in the first degree as
a person over 18 having sexual intercourse with a person under 12, or a person having
sexual intercourse with a person under 16 when they have authority over them (Class
A felony). Rape in the second degree is defined as a person having sexual
penetration or oral sex with a person under 16, and causing serious bodily
injury or displaying a weapon (Class B felony). The third and fourth degrees
vary in the class of felonies depending on the ages of the defendant and
victim. Unlawful sexual contact in the first degree is defined as a person
having any sexual contact with a person under 16 and causing physical injury to
the victim or displaying or claiming to have a weapon (Class F felony).
Unlawful sexual contact in the second degree is when a person has any sexual
contact with a person under 16 (Class G felony).
4.
Delawareonline.com reported that Katheryn L.
Carmean, 35, from Berlin, Md. has been charged with 10 counts of third-degree
rape. She is also facing charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child and
endangering the welfare of a child. Carmean allegedly had sex with a
14-year-old friend of a relative repeatedly over 10 months last year. She was
taken into custody from her job at Seaford Middle School where she helps
handicapped students. The police were notified of the crime after the boy told
his mother earlier in the week and she contacted them. The abuse started in
November 2011, and continued once a week until August 2012. Carmean admitted to
the relationship. She is suspended from her job at the school until the outcome
of the investigation is determined. She was held at Baylor Women’s Correctional
Institution until her Feb. 14 court hearing because she could not post her
$57,000 bail.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302080048
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302080048
5.
“Date Rape” by Sublime is a song about a guy who
uses a date rape drug on a girl who later reports him and gets him thrown in
jail.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is
a book, also was recently turned into a movie, about a boy whose aunt sexually
assaulted him when he was a little boy. He faces depression and social problems
throughout his life until high school, when he meets new friends and is finally
able to confess this dark secret.
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