
Italy Tightens Rape Law After Scandalous Court Rulings
Parliament voted to modernise sexual-violence rules and make prosecutions easier, ending the burden on victims to prove they fought back.

Parliament voted to modernise sexual-violence rules and make prosecutions easier, ending the burden on victims to prove they fought back.

Given the Conservative record, promises of stricter sentencing are unconvincing.

The just-passed reform reintroduces a double criminal scale to punish more serious sexual crimes perpetrated using violence, intimidation, or with the victim’s will annulled, for example, by drugs.