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Nghi Le 909401213 Rape Shield Laws Facing with much criticism from women's group with the legal definitions of rape and how rape cases are being processed in the legal system, the government is forced to pass a Rape Law reform in the 1970s. Rape law reform urging courts to treat rape case the same as other crimes, rape law reforms modified traditional rape laws and ratified evidentiary reforms in every state in the United States. The most common and widespread changes occurred in three areas. First, rape was redefined so that there was no longer a single crime of rape. Second, the victim was no longer required to support her testimony. The third and perhaps most important area of change, known as rape shield laws, prevented defense attorney from introducing information about a victim's prior sexual behavior. These statutes were intended to address the problem that jurors perceive a victim's prior sexual...

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