1. The population in Alabama is 3,431,868. The state total of forcible rapes reported was 1,371.
2. When it comes to rape in the state of Alabama there is no statute of limitations because the offense of rape is classified as a crime that can be punished capitally. But for all felonies, the time limitation is within three years after the offense was committed. Then for all misdemeanors the time limitation is within one year after the offense was committed.
Someone can be charged with statutory rape in Alabama when rape occurs in the first or second degree. The age of consent is 16 years old and once someone becomes of age, they can also be charged with statutory rape if they have sexual contact with someone that has not reached 16 years of age. If someone who is 16 years or older has sexual contact with someone that is under 12 years old can be charged with rape in the first degree. Now if someone 16 or older has sexual contact with someone between the ages of 12-16 when the actor is at least two years older they can be charged with rape in the second degree.
3. In 2006, 19-year-old Gary Helms Jr. raped his mother, who was 45 years old, to get back at his brother. Authorities said that the rape started while the mother was passed out drunk on the couch. Halfway through the assault she came to and realized it was her son and tried to get away but he held her down until he was finished. Helms ended up being arrested and charged for first degree rape of his own mother.
4. This PSA is about how men should be involved in spreading awareness about rape. It shouldn't be on women's shoulders alone to get the news out there and to tell people what is the right thing to do. This shows men saying that no matter the circumstance, "don't rape her."
This is another PSA concerning rape. It shows a young couple kissing and going into a bedroom but the girl isn't ready to go all the way but the boy doesn't buy it. The girl keeps saying no and tries to stop his advances and as he pushes himself on her there is a copy of himself watching from a glass room yelling at himself to stop. It is asking teenagers, "if you could see yourself, would you see rape?"
I believe that both of these are good representations of rape. It needs to not just be on women to tell others that it's bad, men should do it to. Also, I feel like the second one puts it in good perspective that some may not think it's rape when it is and they need to get the message out there to young people.
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