Since it was a rape prosecution, it would have been Nora's, right?

There are also confounding circumstances in rape prosecutions.

New York's time-limitation on rape prosecution is one of the shortest in the nation; only Florida, North Dakota and Utah have shorter time limits.

As a result, there were few rape prosecutions and even fewer convictions in the states with the strictest laws.

It included a vestige of centuries-old common law, a corroboration requirement, which held rape prosecutions to a higher standard.

It's the part that knows that a rape prosecution is different from all others.

Such a rearrangement would be unlikely, however, to result in many rape prosecutions in which the victim was male or the defendant female.

Rape Case in Spotlight The second case that drew comment today concerned a rape prosecution.

The rape prosecution brought against U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant is dismissed, with prejudice, when it becomes clear that his accuser will refuse to testify.