A New Law in New York Will Make It Easier for Rape Victims to Seek Justice

Roughly 90 percent of rape survivors are women, but the problem is rape is very difficult to prosecute. That's because New York's archaic laws define rape in very narrow terms. Physical technicalities confuse jurors and humiliate survivors and create a legal gray area that defendants exploit.

Needless to say, while the jury found Trump guilty of sexual assault and awarded Carroll more than $5 million, the verdict would certainly have been even harsher had the definition of rape been more expansive. Not to mention the trial itself would have been less invasive-and, at the very least, irritating-to Carroll.

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