[NCLaw441]

I am only in support of the death penalty for a CONVICTION of rape, which requires evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. I don’t think he said/she said alone gets a rape conviction in these days of DNA and all. Many states had the death penalty for rape until the US Supreme Court canned it back in the 70s, I believe.

[Norman Bates]

So what if she consents and withdrawals her consent during the act? Or if the act if fully consensual and she later changes her story? That "conviction with evidence beyond a reasonable doubt" is pure fluff. Innocent people get convicted for all sorts of things including rape.