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Tennessee’s Much-Maligned Statutory Rape Law Under Scrutiny

WUTC | By Mary Helen Miller
Published February 6, 2013 at 6:32 PM EST

In Tennessee, when a teenager is the victim of statutory rape, the law could consider the teenager an accomplice in the crime.  Some people are outraged over this law, which dates back to 1895.  In this segment, WUTC explains what the law really means and why it's been on the books so long.
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Mary Helen Miller
Mary Helen Miller was a producer for Around and About from 2012 to 2013. She now works at the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.
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