Outrageous - Rape Charge Overturned Over Arcane Law

"Is a man who enters a sleeping woman's dark bedroom and tricks her into having sex by impersonating her boyfriend guilty of rape? According to a state appeals court, no. But if she had been a married woman? Yes.

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The reluctant 2nd District Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the rape conviction of Julio Morales, who entered a sleeping woman's dark bedroom, after her boyfriend walked out, and began having intercourse with her. The woman screamed and resisted when she awoke and realized Morales was not her boyfriend, the court said."*

If you're an unmarried woman, does that allow a man to rape you? According to an arcane law from 1800s: yes, and its still applicable in modern times. Why do we abide by such aridiculously unfair law? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more from LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/overturned-rape-case-is-it-time...