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By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated March 24, 2022
Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill explicitly prohibiting federal law enforcement officers from having sex with people in their custody. The “consent loophole” as Mic reported, allowed law enforcement officers accused of sexual assault by people in their custody to avoid charges by claiming the interaction was consensual.
The legal loophole became widespread knowledge following a 2018 story of an 18-year-old New York woman accusing two
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