State Supreme Court Scraps 'Archaic' Lustful Disposition Doctrine

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“The term ‘lustful disposition’ perpetuates outdated rape myths that sexual assault, including child sex abuse, results from an uncontrollable sexual urge or a sexual need that is not met,” the court wrote, referring to a nearly 100-year-old doctrine that allowed prosecutors to admit evidence of prior, uncharged acts by a defendant against the same victim in a sexual assault case.

       
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