The History of Rape in the Early United States

John Sutter: What might have happened if Harry Bedlow had been found guilty and convicted of rape? Do you think his conviction would have impacted the history of rape cases or rape culture in the early U.S.? Sutter: It's quite possible that if he had been convicted, he would have ended up being pardoned or ending up getting a sentence commuted. He says nothing much would have changed in the trajectory this trial helped push the law of rape towards.

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