Consider these facts: A women testifies before a New York County grand jury that she was a rape victim. Under oath, she declares that the defendant threatened her with a knife, transported her against her will to a secluded area and raped her.
The defendant is indicted by a grand jury for multiple counts of rape, kidnaping, unlawful imprisonment, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. The women repeats her grand jury testimony at trial. The defendant testifies that no rape had occurred, but the jury rejects his testimony. The defendant is convicted and given an aggregate sentence of 20 years imprisonment. At the sentencing hearing, the women declares: “Justice has finally been served.”
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